Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 June 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022: Horse Racing Ireland
Financial Statements 2022: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board

9:00 am

Mr. Michael Sheahan:

I will try to answer as briefly as I can. If you were to ask me even three weeks ago what were standards like within the slaughter plant in Straffan I would say that standards were very good within this slaughter plant in Straffan. The plant operates one day a week. We have a veterinary presence and technical officers present on the day when slaughter happens. The animals come into the plant-----