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

2:30 pm

Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

I would construct it slightly differently. There is a representative board within Horse Racing Ireland on which a member of the betting sector sits. In addition, there is a specific representative sub-committee that deals with betting issues. Horse Racing Ireland does not run the betting industry, although it does-----