Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion

Mr. Ronan Corrigan:

No. This was a decision taken by the board and the Minister at the time to freeze all the working committees and the councils, which I think Deputy Flaherty referred to, that gave the other four directors to the board. All high performance committees and councils were put in abeyance - I think that was the terminology used at the time - by the current board now in place. That was circa November last year and nothing really happened until we had the consultation process, which was a submission for inputs. Nothing has happened since then. I think that closed on 15 August. As I said, the only thing we have heard since then is that they have received our submissions.