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

Photo of Michael D'ArcyMichael D'Arcy (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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If they could not replace Mr. Kavanagh with anybody else with an open contract from an open advertisement for somebody else to apply for the position, how does Mr. Kavanagh know he was the best person for the job? When HRI's chairman presented here last year, he said it never arose because Mr. Kavanagh was the best person for the job and yet it is impossible to know who was going to apply if there was no advertisement and no open competition for that position.