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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Apologies have been received from Deputies Cahill and Kehoe. I will take the Chair for this meeting. Before we begin, I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones. Members are requested to ensure their mobile phones are turned off completely or switched to a flight safety mode, whichever is appropriate to the device, for the duration of the meeting. It is very important...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Could I ask-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: I instruct members and witnesses to talk to the topic on the agenda. I do not want to go into other issues. We must stick to the topic on which the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board was asked to attend this committee meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: But-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: The figure is €242,990.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: That is HRI's contribution-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: That is taxpayers' money.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: That is taxpayers' money, Paul. It is the €242,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: That is where the split came. The HRI money was €242,000 and the Turf Club money was €141,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Paul, you are over time by three minutes. I will come back to you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Could I just get clarity on this? The package was €380,000-plus.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: So €242,000 basically came from the Department. You could argue the point that this is State money. The sum of €141,880 was the top-up, for lack of a better word to describe it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Why was that topped up?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: By whom was that third party professional services firm hired?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: The IHRB got an outside consultant to evaluate the potential package, and the top-up then came from the Turf Club to fill the hole regarding the potential package.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Would you not consider that totally irregular?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Has the Turf Club ever corresponded with you, as an organisation, about the €141,000? Will this be the next CEO's proposal, that he will have another top-up from the Turf Club?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: I am well aware of that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: It is quite a bizarre situation, though. I know of no other organisation where an outside entity would channel money into it for a top-up for a retirement fund. It is potentially unheard of.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)
Tim Lombard: Four of those directors who were there in 2021 are still in place. Am I right?