Mr. Denis Duggan:

That is the exact point that I was about to make. The way things are currently structured is not helpful. Those three affiliates are dressage, eventing and showjumping. In the case of showjumping, for example, a levy is collected from all prize money at national level for international participation. That levy is supposed to be provided to Horse Sport Ireland as part of matched funding with Sport Ireland money. In an ideal world we get a contribution from Showjumping Ireland and match that two for one with funding from Sport Ireland to fund participation in the international team. The frictions and tensions, as the Senator referred to them, mean that in 2023, we have not received any certainty or confirmation from Showjumping Ireland that it will make its contribution, which in the past would have been €100,000 towards the international jumping team. We do not have that at the moment.