Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will question the IHRB in relation to the undisclosed compensation (details supplied); the amount that was paid; by whom the payment was made; and the person or body that received compensation in relation to the Rosscarbery case. [59646/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Since 1st January 2018, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) is the regulatory body for all horseracing in Ireland. The IHRB is a company limited by guarantee set up by the Turf Club and the Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee for the purpose of carrying out the regulatory and licensing functions for Irish horseracing.

The role of the IHRB is provided for under the Irish Horse Racing Act 2016 and subsequent Statutory Instruments.

The IHRB has informed my Department that the appeal against the disqualification of the horse Rosscarbery from the Alwasmiyah Pretty Polly Stakes Race held at the Curragh on 26 June 2022 was withdrawn by the owner and trainer of the horse after an IHRB investigation established that the disqualification resulted from an error in the pre-race weigh out process.

The issue was settled on the basis of an agreement signed by the owner, the trainer and the IHRB, the terms of which are confidential to the parties.