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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I am aware of that. However, is there any particular reason she is not attending this meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I take it the HRI's opening statement has been cleared with the CEO?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: In what is, I must say, a very short opening statement, the HRI states that its representatives "are here today principally to focus on the findings of this committee from its deliberations last year and to report to it on our progress with implementation of those recommendations." It further states: "We are satisfied that progress has been made on all fronts." Does Mr. Osborne stand over...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: I have a few questions for the representatives of the Department and the IHRB. I can come back to Mr. Osborne, if he wants to go through the recommendations. To be helpful, I might reference some of the recommendations that I am talking about. Recommendation No. 4 states that the committee believes an independent review of the horse racing industry by an outside body is needed to ensure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: It is contained in appendix 1.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Recommendation No. 4 is an important one. I will not go through all of the recommendations made by the committee individually, just those that I consider to be the important ones. I am interested in hearing whether the Department plans to implement that recommendation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Mr. Sheahan believes recommendation No. 4 was implemented through the appointment by the board of the IHRB of an esteemed individual - there is no question of that - to conduct an assessment without ever setting foot in Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Okay. That is interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Okay. I must say, as one of the many members who compiled the report, that it is not what we envisaged when we stated that "an independent review of the horse racing industry by an outside body is needed to ensure that Ireland’s procedures match international best practices." On the first few recommendations of the report, there was a lot of discussion of the make-up of the IHRB,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Has his remuneration been agreed yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Will the details of it be published?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: If Mr. O'Donnell does not mind me asking, what is the remuneration?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Is that fairly similar to the salary of the CEO of the HRI?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: How many members are on the board of the IHRB?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: In her opening statement, Ms Guy said that two independent members will be appointed to the board. Which two current board members are going to be kicked off to make space for the new members?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: It will be two additional members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Who will appoint those independent members?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: The nominations committee is a sub-committee of the board.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Matt Carthy: Do some of the six current members of the board sit on the sub-committee?