Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Any further flexibilities around that, we would be open to pursuing and would pursue.

The report the IHRB commissioned from international expert Dr. Craig Suann outlined how we at least matched international best practice in most respects. There were 18 recommendations from Dr. Suann coming out of that; 14 of those recommendations have been addressed or implemented with additional funding and collaboration needed for the remainder. Plans are now in place to operationalise the remaining recommendations when resources allow.

The IHRB stated that the key recommendations from Dr. Suann's report had been implemented by the end of June. Those included, for example, enhancing the body's race-day sampling, out-of-competition strategies and the introduction of CCTV sampling units. We now have CCTV functional across all IHRB sampling, and the IHRB veterinary team also received training in its operation in June 2023. There were other recommendations, which are being stepped out.