Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed)
5:30 pm
Mr. Ronan Corrigan:
From the showjumping perspective, of course we do that. There are pony producing people. There are people who have ponies. We have seen them. I will give the Deputy the example of a pony called Mickeybo. He has jumped in Dublin for 13 or 14 years. He has taught 13 or 14 children how to jump in Dublin. He has brought them in that ring and there is always a smile coming out. He is only one pony like that. To answer the Deputy’s question, yes. The industry needs to know that those people are there. They need to be able to tell us what they are looking for. Of course our industry, everyone sitting here today, would go out of their way to help them.