Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 September 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:30 am

Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

That item is picking up on the points that I drew attention to in respect of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, IHRB, and its 2021 financial statements. The issues included the non-disclosure of remuneration, details as required under the code of practice, and the additional payments that were made to the departing chief executive in 2021. This correspondence is, if you like, outlining the Department's response to attention having been drawn to those matters and the committee's discussion of them. It outlines the steps the Department has taken in response.