Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The racehorse owners are absolutely integral to the industry. I hope the racehorse owner would never put somebody on the board of HRI who would be less than capable. If we made it a provision that racehorse owners would automatically have somebody on the media rights board, it would be guaranteed that an absolutely excellent person would be on the media rights committee. The Minister's argument falls in that respect. He stated that he must pick the best people.

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