Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed)

Mr. Denis Duggan:

Again, in the context of social media and print and other media, we will not get involved in bun fights correcting records all the time when people have expressed an opinion they believe to be fact and that is completely inaccurate. In the context of social media in particular, that is a lot of what is out there. There is a great deal of misinformation, especially in the context of the SNP migration and the challenges involved. Many compare it to the thoroughbred world and say that they can get a thoroughbred passport in two or three weeks and ask why they cannot get a sport horse one. The same system does not apply to thoroughbreds. That is what I mean by misinformation. Where we can-----

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