Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed)
Mr. Denis Duggan:
It is outside our remit. We have no statutory powers. A Deputy referred to us being a State agency. We are not. While we are significantly publicly funded and two Ministers, the Minister for agriculture in conjunction with the Minister for sport, appoints directors, we are not a State agency. Equally, in the context of such issues, we have no regulatory role or power.