Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 June 2023
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board
9:30 am
Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Like Deputy Devlin, I was looking at my notes for the second session of this meeting when I saw the board’s opening statement and I was surprised. I have some sympathy for Mr. O’Loughlin’s position. Clearly, something was discovered and he is taking action, and he does not want to do anything in a public manner that would frustrate that. He is doing that in the best interests of his organisation, the people in it and the industry. As someone new to the position, we can only accept his bona fides on that. Nevertheless, that leaves us with the option to reserve the right to recall him on the issues we had intended to ask about, and he has effectively agreed to that. Is that correct?