Mr. Denis Duggan:

To be honest, equestrian sport is very expensive. We need to acknowledge that. We are always both appreciative and conscious, particularly regarding youth teams, that parents, and in many cases grandparents, fund the children to compete and participate. As an organisation, we would love to have pots of money, amounting to €7 million, €8 million or €10 million, for high-performance showjumping, like in some other countries. We are not in that scenario and therefore the funding we have available for families participating is very limited. We give them the bursary where we can but there are undoubtedly costs that parents and even grandparents meet in supporting the children to compete.