Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 July 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion

Dr. Lynn Hillyer:

We are here to do our job and we believe that we are doing our job to the best of our ability. We have fantastic resources. I have a fantastic team. It is almost being seen as a criticism that we are saying this, but that is the reality and the truth of it. We can always get better. Every anti-doping authority in the world will always want to get better. It is absolutely true that we have gone up a gear since we received our warrant cards on 21 May. That was always going to happen. It was a coincidence that this current process is happening, which we welcome. I am looking forward to the next six months, the next year and the next 18 months. We have more to do and, as Mr. Egan has said a number of times, the more that we can rely on people in the industry to come forward without fear and knowing that their information will be treated in confidence, is the most important thing of all to me. It is the most important thing of all.

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