Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 22 September 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Ms Suzanne Eade:

I will address this. The Department sanctioned the original purchase and that would have been before Mr. Blake's time. They were notified of the swap but we did not ask for the appropriate level of approval. That is our understanding now.