Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the representatives of HRI. I congratulate Ms Eade on being appointed CEO and wish her the very best in her role. With the exception of one or two questions at the end I shall rigidly stick to seeking information or clarification about some of the points that she made in her presentation.

In the Chairman's absence, it was very predictable when Ms Eade spoke of the HRI infrastructure projects and Tipperary that the Chairman was going to go down that avenue, and rightly so because all politics is local. In that regard, will Ms Eade elaborate a little more on where we are at with the development of the new Irish Equine Centre, and how soon Horse Racing Ireland will look for a finish date on Tipperary? I might not put the witnesses to the pin of their collar to give us a finish date, but where is that project at? It seems to have been on the back burner somewhat-----