Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 March 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion

4:00 pm

Mr. Brian Kavanagh:

I do not want to sound smart but not enough. Ms Suzanne Eade will give the exact details. Irish Thoroughbred Marketing is a wholly owned subsidiary and is funded partly by Horse Racing Ireland and partly by the breeding industry so a contribution of funding from the foal levy goes into Irish Thoroughbred Marketing. The sales companies pay a percentage of their turnover, the stallion owners pay a fee and Horse Racing Ireland puts €800,000 into Irish Thoroughbred Marketing.