Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed)

Dr. Lynn Hillyer:

Very much so. A good example of that is in relation to medications. We control medications by the application of a screening limit. Basically, if it is above the limit it means that the substance is having an effect on the horse and below the limit it is not. In cases where the substance has been found in the horse at significant multiples above that limit, that means that it is having an effect on the horse, and in our view that is a more serious offence than if it is not having an effect on the horse.

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