Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 20 November 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion
3:30 pm
Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Does the Olympic Council of Ireland recognise Greg Broderick, for example, as an elite athlete and does it prioritise him - or whoever it may be - going forward for extra facilities, extra funding or extra training as with boxers? A number of boxers are in high-level special training and get some extra facilities and funding, as do some of the athletes. Are the showjumpers not treated in the same way?