Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Do we see a difficulty here? The regulatory body is dependent on the budget assigned to HRI on the strength of its business case, which in turn is linked to a separate organisation. Even if we look at the IHRB, which in itself is an amalgamated structure of the steeplechase and the Turf Club, which have their own issues, do the witnesses from the Department not see that there is a case for either the IHRB to become completely independent or to get rid of the pretence and amalgamate it into HRI?