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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)

Catherine Murphy: Okay. Will Ms Eade let us know when that happens? Was a non-disclosure agreement entered into?

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)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. O'Loughlin has been answering queries about the long-running saga we have had here regarding CCTV so the buck stops with him regarding that. Am I correct in saying 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)

Catherine Murphy: So the buck would have stopped with Mr. O'Loughlin's predecessor. 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)

Catherine Murphy: I know but it would have been. I think Mr. O'Loughlin would have accepted that it should have stopped there. As this has been clarified for me, why on earth would an NDA be entered into? Where is the transparency? Why would an NDA be entered into regarding an exit package?

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)

Catherine Murphy: Yes.

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)

Catherine Murphy: If there is public money, we have to be able to see the public money. People could put non-disclosure agreements, NDAs, all over the place and we would then be guessing at things. There has to be some degree of transparency.

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)

Catherine Murphy: I am short on time. Did anybody else leave with a package at the same time as the former CEO?

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)

Catherine Murphy: Was there an NDA with that as well?

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)

Catherine Murphy: Mr. O’Loughlin said it was not moving at all when I asked where the buck stopped. Would he be critical of that? Should it have happened? Was it a significant issue when there was a handover? Why, when this has been going on since mid-2021, is there still an issue? That was mid-2021 and we are still not at a point where we know this is paid. Has the exit package been paid to the...

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)

Catherine Murphy: The NDA will not apply because we will see it in the statements.

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)

Catherine Murphy: That is gobbledygook, to be honest.

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)

Catherine Murphy: Can I clarify if this amount has been paid to the individual?

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)

Catherine Murphy: When did that happen?

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)

Catherine Murphy: So it is a long time ago. It is 2021.

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)

Catherine Murphy: Why has it not been transferred between HRI and the IHRB? Is it between HRI and the IHRB that the transfer happens?

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)

Catherine Murphy: There were fairly high-profile articles in the newspapers earlier this year, and Paul Kimmage was the author of one very long article which related to a question mark about doping in the sport. Another Oireachtas committee looked at this and it had looked at it in advance. I know a report was done by Dr. Suann from New South Wales and recommendations were made. Have all of those...

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)

Catherine Murphy: Can Mr. O’Loughlin give us a note on what is outstanding, what the recommendations are, what is being done, the timeline and the reason the other issues have not been dealt with? This is a big sport and, as we speak, the question of integrity is critical. It is very important, where there are recommendations to ensure integrity, that they are adopted and implemented.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: Can I come in?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: We were given assurances that there was no interest in all relevant Departments, and I do not know if the CSO was contacted in relation to the continuation of Benefacts. That is pretty much my recollection of it. The CSO's response shows that there is a sizeable cost in replicating what had been available in Benefacts. It would involve setting it up again where there was something...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Sep 2022)

Catherine Murphy: We have done that already and I have to say that it was one of the most frustrating experiences.