Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 October 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

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

11:45 am

Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

I know I have repeated this a number of times, but I must mention the representative nature of the board. The Minister will now have, as the Chairman has correctly pointed out, four members - the Chairman and the three members of the board. The Racing Regulatory Body will have three members on the board. There is a strong governance structure there and it does provide the checks and balances needed to ensure that these sub-committees function reasonably well. That is a relevant consideration.