Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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That is important because these are only small abattoirs attached to butcher shops and they would operate to high standards. It is important they are not put out of business because they are probably the ones that are using the best practice.

There is one issue on my mind regarding horses and it has come up here several times. The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, IHRB, is funded by Horse Racing Ireland. The funds go to the witnesses' Department from the Dáil which then allocates them to Horse Racing Ireland, HRI. HRI in turn funds the IHRB which regulates what is happening under the aegis of HRI. There is a conflict of interest there in that stakeholders might not complain too much about their funder because they depend upon the cheque every year. Could the witnesses briefly address that? Does consideration of that cross the minds of the Department and its senior officials?