Rónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

When asked why there was not necessarily and automatically an investigation into people who had been convicted for criminal offences, the IHRB previously said, at one point, that it was its job to look at breaches of the rules rather than convictions. Of course, the reality is that action has been taken when jockeys were convicted for cocaine offences and so on. My problem is that when a very prominent racing trainer was pictured sitting up on a dead horse - an issue which, while not nice, did not involve the abuse of an animal - I understand that the IHRB acted but when a trainer was convicted for mistreating an animal, that person was back on a racecourse within a relatively short period of time and the IHRB took no action. Does it bother Ms Eade that the IHRB does not seem to automatically take action in cases of infractions involving animal welfare?