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:

The board members and I have indicated that we have learned some lessons from that process. The Deputy has asked about the governance procedure. Some historic contractual issues relating to my employment were part of the equation. When the appointment came before the board, it went through the correct processes of board approval and decision. I think the timing of those processes was not as it should have been. The board has put processes in place to ensure that will not happen again.