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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (27 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: 582. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 897 of 5 July 2022, the amount allocated to Horse Racing Ireland from the horse and greyhound racing fund in each of the years 2008 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the amount of which that was for capital expenditure; the amount of which that was for current expenditure; the maximum allowable...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (27 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: 583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the existing Government targets with regard to the reduction in use of chemical pesticides; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46637/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (27 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: 584. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 6 July 2022, the number of farmers availing of the nitrates derogation; the total number of cattle in the herds of those farmers; the total hectarage on which basic payment was claimed, that is grassland per county in 2020, in tabular form. [46638/22]

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: I thank all our guests for being here. I want to get some further clarification regarding the delay in submission of the financial statements. In essence, the rationale given is that issues pertaining to the Curragh Racecourse led to a delay in HRI submitting its accounts. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: At what point did HRI submit its accounts to the Department?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: Okay. Draft unaudited accounts were delivered on 23 March.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: When were the audited accounts submitted?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: There was quite a substantial delay on that. The unaudited accounts were furnished to the Department. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: I ask the departmental officials when or if those unaudited accounts were laid before the Oireachtas.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: What did the Department do between receiving the unaudited accounts in March 2021 and receiving the audited accounts in May 2022? Did the Department take any measures or have any direct consultations with HRI in respect of that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: On the rationale that has been provided, does the Office of the Attorney General have concerns over what were failures to adhere to the relevant circulars? Is the Comptroller and Auditor General satisfied that there will not be repeats of issues in the future?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: Before I move on to the Curragh, I wish to address a different subject. Could the Comptroller and Auditor General state whether his role in auditing the IHRB is the same as that for HRI?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: I want to move on to the Curragh Racecourse. Ms Eade might explain briefly the current breakdown of shareholding for the racecourse.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: So that would be 34%?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: Could Ms Eade explain to me the difference between the Turf Club and the IHRB?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is the Turf Club part of the IHRB or is it completely separate?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: The Turf Club owns 33% of the Curragh Racecourse. How much money did it have to put towards that to get the 33% shareholding?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: It provided the land and essentially-----

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Horse Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (22 Sep 2022)

Matt Carthy: It held on to its voting share.