Received 19 May 2021
Decided
Part-Granted
Request Reference 21/188
Requester Type Other
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Under FOI I request the following information relating to the Departments oversight and supervision of the grant of €6,000,000.00 to Horse Sport Ireland (HSI). Provide evidence of oversight by DAFM of the appropriate use of public funds provided to Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) including but not limited to : 1. Terms by which funds are allocated by DAFM to a company limited by guarantee (such as HIS) 2. Oversight, compliance and due diligence regime employed by DAFM to a company limited by guarantee (such as HSI) 3. Approval process for the annual transfer of funds from DAFM to a company limited by guarantee (such as HIS) 4. Oversight, compliance and due diligence regime employed by DAFM to satisfy itself that a company limited by guarantee (such as HSI) is delivering service(s) in a manner which is supported by the majority of the membership in its affiliate bodies (Dressage Ireland, Showjump Ireland, Eventing Ireland, Others, Industry stakeholders) and therefore is an appropriate use of public funds. 5. All materials relating to the selection of Greenogue Equestrian as a location of a HSI HQ and Centre of Excellence including but not limited to: 5.1 Terms of reference for sub-committee setup in HIS for the purpose of selecting a location for a new HQ and Centre of Excellence. 5.2 Minutes of all subcommittee meetings. 5.3 Tender documents used to select independent consultant to conduct feasibility study. 5.4 Terms of reference under which consultant conducted feasibility study 5.5 List of range of potential sites considered and terms by which the list was compiled 5.6 Constitution of the HIS Company including the Powers Clause and/or any other legal document which shows that the board of HIS has the power to choose a site for its HQ and Centre of Excellence 5.7 Method by which DAFM is satisfying itself that the transaction is consistent with public procurement rules 5.8 Rationale for DAFM endeavouring to satisfy itself that the transaction by a company limited by guarantee (such as HSI) is consistent with public procurement rules 5.9 Projections for the running costs for the Centre of Excellence and HQ