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

Photo of Victor BoyhanVictor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Okay, I have heard all of that. I will finish by saying I am positively disposed to Showjumping Ireland, genuinely. I sit on the Oireachtas audit committee and other State board audit committees so I am conscious of that side of it. Would I be right to summarise it by saying that Showjumping Ireland is asking the committee to make representations? We will discuss this in private session later. Is it asking us to pursue the Minister to get more detail on how the process will work? We cannot interfere in the process, as Mr. Corrigan will appreciate, but we can get detail on how the process will work. People with skill sets around finance, governance, legal practices and other issues, as well as experts in competitive equestrian sports which the witnesses represent, need to be sitting on the board because they all have different skill sets to bring to the table. The witnesses are not sure about how the process is going. Is the committee being asked to make representations about ensuring there is a clear and transparent process and we understand the next steps, or all the steps, to complete the circle of the process? Is that what is being asked?

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