Mr. Denis Duggan:

Not directly. They are participating in the SNP transition project, which is about moving from microsatellites to SNP testing and passports. They would have had a seat on the previous breeding advisory council, so we do have a relationship with them.

Separately, there is a piece of work we have started to think about. In the last number weeks, we had a discussion with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine about putting some type of governance expert in place and to make that available to the breed societies to assist them with the challenges. That is a piece of work that we are actively involved in at the moment.

We have done this with the sporting organisations. In the opening statement, I referenced the sporting affiliates that are affiliated to the organisation. Mr. Senan Turnbull has been available in a workshop-type capacity to help them on their governance journey. Yet, the breeding affiliates, of which the Connemara Pony Breeders' Society is one, have not had the same benefits. We are looking at addressing that imbalance and we will be doing that before Christmas.