Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

No points were made against the individuals personally. What I put to the Minister as the Minister who appointed them is that he has a requirement to secure independent oversight of an industry that is self-regulatory and, in fact, non-regulatory. I did not pass any judgment. Under the foal levy, small owners have to pay a 3% levy to HRI that is based not on the fee they paid, but on the advertised fee, which means that small people are being fleeced for the enrichment of HRI while the big boys, who dominate the HRI board and do so now in even greater numbers, are not affected because the ceiling is set at €30,000. If the Minister thinks everything in the industry is great, I put it to him that he is about the only one in the country who does.

See this speech in context