Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Looking back at where there have been significant issues in the sports area, they have been very damaging to some of the sports involved. In the case of the Olympic Federation of Ireland and the FAI, there were significant governance failures in both instances. The horse racing industry is a very sizeable one. It weakens that industry if its governance is not properly organised, with proper boundaries. The issue regarding the IHRB is one of the big outstanding issues. I am arguing strongly for an engagement on it because it could form part of a report that covers the range of different issues, from those at Sport Ireland and right through to other organisations. I can see the committee being able to produce a reasonably good report, on the basis of which we could get some outcomes from the Department.