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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: At the time, there were allegations that there were certain ways of boosting a horse and we inquired into them at the meeting. A shot could be given to the horse that would only last for a certain time and would not show up if it was tested afterwards. The IHRB was considering a way of testing horses at the starting point of a race. Was that ever done?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: It was a while ago, so off the top of my head, I think that there were some allegations, which may or may not have been true and I am not saying they were true. The IHRB stated that it would consider testing horses at where they would be taking off from. Was anything ever done in that regard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What is pre-race testing? Explain it to me as someone who does not know.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Where?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: When Dr. Hillyer refers to the racetrack, does she mean down near where the horse takes off or where?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Granted.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Can hair samples not be taken?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: My final question is for Mr. O’Loughlin. The IHRB has a new governance system. Who pays the €80,000 for someone to do this report?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I know that, but I presume it was the IHRB that required the report because it wanted HRI to account for everything and be transparent.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I presume that is more taxpayers’ money.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Regarding the system for adjudicating what a person is worth, is it the IHRB that writes that up?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: If someone is getting a redundancy payment, who puts that calculation together? Is it done internally by the IHRB?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Essentially, HRI lays out how it is done.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What is the IHRB’s situation now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I mean financially.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Mr. O’Loughlin.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I know that. I am sick looking at reports.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Did extra money come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: When the IHRB last appeared before us, we discussed a matter that some members have raised at this meeting, namely, how the IHRB was considering a system whereby, between a horse just running and before the finish, it could be checked from where it took off. Was that ever done?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Does HRI have another pot of money from which it can throw more to the IHRB? Is it a fixed budget for the year? How does it work?