Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 June 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022: Horse Racing Ireland
Financial Statements 2022: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board

9:00 am

Mr. Darragh O'Loughlin:

The Jockeys Emergency Fund, JEF, is a registered charity. We provide the administrative services but we do not do the management and control, as such, of the charity. It is not a subsidiary although it is dealt with as a related party in our accounts. I have no official role in the JEF so it is not for me to speak on its behalf. The purpose of the JEF is to provide care, and medical care in particular as well as social care to jockeys who have had catastrophic injuries. We are talking about total paralysis. There are at the moment two beneficiaries and I understand that the JEF had an actuarial report done, which established that it had enough provision in its current resources to provide for the two current beneficiaries for the rest of their lives.

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