Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

It is the duty of the board to manage, lead and direct the day-to-day operations of the company. Industrial relations and human resources issues are a matter for the board. I understand some of those issues are before the courts and I will not elaborate on them here. The linkage between any Department and the boards under its remit is through their chairman. It is the chairman of the Irish National Stud who makes contact with me.

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