Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 November 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Harness Racing Industry Development Needs: Discussion

2:15 pm

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Legislation gives HRI the power. Somebody can give me power in legislation to do all sorts of things but, as it is discretionary, I do not have to exercise that power. Why is HRI using the discretion given to it by the legislation to block the race meetings?