Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion
Mr. Ronan Corrigan:
We understand the current chairman was the author of the original Dowling report, which was one of the foundation stones of the original Horse Sport Ireland. Mr. Smyth was a Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine official who had oversight of Horse Sport Ireland funding requests and management. Then, of the other two board members, certainly, I know Ms. Zoe Kavanagh had an interest, and I do not want to be presumptuous, at an amateur level. She would not be a professional but, certainly, at an amateur level, she would have had an interest and partaken in amateur-type showjumping activity. I do not know if Professor Niamh Brennan has any equestrian knowledge.
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