Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 February 2021
1121. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the proposed relocation of Horse Sport Ireland to a site (details supplied) will not be used for competitive or commercial purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10565/21]
View answerHorse Sport Ireland (HSI) has informed me that it is considering moving to the new Centre of Excellence at Greenogue as soon as is feasible, following the construction of a new office building. The Centre of Excellence is proposed to serve the training and education needs of the sport horse industry. The delivery of such key programmes will be a focus of the centre, which will traverse the breeding and sport landscape.
The centre of excellence is being conceived to serve the broad interests of the industry and in that sense to make sport horse activities / businesses in Ireland, more profitable within their own commercial pursuits. The centre of excellence as a whole will seek to be a sustainable model with any additional benefits being redirected back into the industry in line with the Horse Sport Ireland Strategic Plan and any subsequent statement of strategy in future years.
