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

Photo of Victor BoyhanVictor Boyhan (Independent)
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Why? Explain to laypeople who would not necessarily know that process. The RDS runs the show and is subject to independent validation and function in terms of doping by an independent body that it clearly has a dispute with. Why does the RDS determine the class? Is it not standard practice and normal for any sport that the body would determine and decide, facilitated by the RDS, who they would take the tests from?