Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 13 July 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed)
Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
My final question is for Dr. Hillyer. When we spoke with representatives from the IRTA earlier, they told us that in discussions with the IHRB in November, it was agreed that pre-race testing would be for all horses and that horses would not be singled out, because the trainers felt that it would be unfair to the horses that were tested. It seems to be a fair and equitable approach. I am wondering why, if that was agreed in November, it is eight months and heading towards a year later and it has not been implemented. In terms of the public perception of racing at the moment, the best piece of work that the IHRB could do is to implement that immediately. It would send a very strong message to the general public and would be an important defence of the industry.
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