Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 June 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board

9:30 am

Mr. Darragh O'Loughlin:

The equine forensic unit is the heading under which our equine and anti-doping activity takes place, whether that be stable inspections or race-day testing. The committee will be aware that we have stepped up our anti-doping activity very significantly over the past years. As a result of the increased number of race meetings, and the increase in intensity of our testing activities due to the increase in the equine anti-doping strategy, the cost associated with that has naturally increased.