Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)
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Question 198: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans the Irish Horse Board has to provide written evidence of its reason for failing to certify a stallion for use within the sport horse industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4473/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The procedures employed by the Irish Horse Board Co-operative Society Limited, IHB, are solely a matter for the IHB and its members. It would not be appropriate for me to become involved in the day to day operations or decisions of that organisation.

My sole role in the activities undertaken by the IHB is, in my capacity as the competent authority, to grant approval to the IHB to maintain the Irish Sport Horse Stud-book in accordance with the provisions of the European Communities (Equine Stud-Book and Competition) Regulations 2004, S.I. No. 399 of 2004, a function that is common across all the approved stud-books.