Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

2:50 pm

Photo of Martin HeydonMartin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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Head 6 deals with committees. Section 6(1) deals with the race fixtures committee and subsection (5) states: "The chairman shall be appointed by HRI.", whereas the industries services committee and the betting committee appoint their own chairperson. Why is the race fixtures committee treated differently?