Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland
2:00 pm
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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This activity would not be racing as defined under the Act, and all the media rights and the rest would not apply. It would be just like letting a track out. If a television company were to show up on the show day in Ballinrobe, HRI would not be worried about the media rights. As such, the sharing of the premises is the big issue.