Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is not very satisfactory. I think there should be an open competition for that because you will be picking the pets you want - not the people who might have most to speak out on. I must talk to the Minister about that. I think the Minister should be the person picking the board.

The other issue I would like to ask the witnesses about came up on several occasions today. It concerns HR issues. What legal fees has HSI paid out relating to HR issues? Does HSI have any cases at the WRC? There seems to be an issue with HR. Could the witnesses explain why?

Could somebody address the breeding end of it? There were a lot of disputes. As I said, I used to get deputations from all over the country about passports. I am not into breeding horses so I do not know how to put the wording to it but I do know the difficulty. Has this difficulty been dealt with? Is the organisation a happier one that it was when I was Minister?