Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 November 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed)

5:30 pm

Photo of Paul DalyPaul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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Mr. O'Loughlin has nearly covered anything. I will not hog the meeting because we have been here for nearly two years. I asked about redundancies and Mr. O'Loughlin answered at the end. I know he said it was done with HRI. Were the voluntary redundancies a cost-cutting measure or was the IHRB overstaffed? Why was there a voluntary redundancy scheme to start with? Compulsory redundancy is mentioned in the Mazars report. I am intrigued by that. Maybe there are circumstances where Mr. O'Loughlin cannot comment on it. It jumps out when one sees compulsory redundancy in an organisation.