Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion
Paul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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It was their people, though. I am asking if they entered the premises. This is not about Northern Ireland but about authorised officers from the IHRB. I am led to believe they entered a premises. Irrespective of the fact that they had been trained by the Department and one of the submissions refers to the legal aspect of the authorised officer, still I am led to believe, and I am just looking for confirmation, that that happened. The authorised officers do not have the authority to enter private properties, licensed or unlicensed, yet they did so. Is that correct or incorrect?