Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed)
Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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Ireland has a good name as regards racing. It is a good industry, and that is why we need to keep its reputation as good as possible. It is great to see Irish horses going over to the UK and winning. I am not expert on them but they sort of take over when they go over to the likes of Cheltenham. This is great to see but we need to make sure it is kept 100% right. Did the IHRB ever ask Dr. Suann what he means by more or whether he meant 35,000 or 11,000?