Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on recent increases to Horse Sport Ireland registration charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18828/24]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Following a competitive procurement process carried out in 2022, Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) was awarded the contract from 2023 to deliver studbook services for the Irish Sport Horse, Irish Draught, Irish Sport Pony, Irish Cob and Irish Partbred Cob breeds.

The contract requires HSI to operate breeding programmes for these breeds in accordance with the rules of the EU Animal Breeding Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/1012). The contract does not provide any public funding to HSI for delivering this service. It provides the right to administer the stud books which includes the right to charging fees to clients who wish to avail of their stud book services.

Fees charged by breed societies, including HSI, for the services they provide are a matter for the individual breed societies.