Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 June 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2021: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board

9:30 am

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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Regarding the opening statement from the Comptroller and Auditor General, the IHRB was granted an exemption by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine which meant it did not have to make salary disclosures in 2019. The Minister wrote to the board in 2021 and subsequently financial statements disclosed the normal salary band. The IHRB ignored the Minister about the derogations. How many derogations from the code of practice under the aegis of the Department did the IHRB get? Was it just for those years or was it for more than those years?