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:

That is correct. That directive was in place before Horse Racing Ireland was established. There are deductions for the ISSA and there are deductions for the stable staff bonus scheme. The ISSA is not an organisation that we identified. From memory, the legislation provides that the board will contain a representative the Minister deems to be representative of stable staff or those working directly in the industry. I think that is the wording. There is a second staff member on the board who is deemed to represent those working in the industry. It is a subtle distinction. The second representative is a union representative. There are two representatives of staff on our board, one representing stable staff through the ISSA, which is the designated body-----