The Irish Horse Board Co-operative Society Limited, IHB, is a private body registered with the Registrar of Friendly Societies with a membership in excess of 12,500 people, who are mainly breeders of sport horses. While it is not a State body, and it has not heretofore been considered to be within the ambit of the Freedom of Information Acts, it does receive a significant proportion of its income from my Department. I have, therefore, asked my Department to consider whether at this juncture the IHB might be brought within the remit of the Freedom of Information Acts.