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
Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source
Money generally buys people. It is as simple as that. Is there any fear of wealthy countries or wealthy people? Do we keep a stock of semen or whatever to keep the resource? There is no point in selling the golden trophy if there is nothing coming after it, to put it simply. Have we a backup plan so that in years to come we will not be looking across the water and saying, "They are our horses but we have the lesser ones now". Is there any security plan whereby we keep a certain amount secured for ourselves, so that we are able to compete as well?
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