Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 15th December, 2023.

I, CHARLIE MCCONALOGUE, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 12 (5) (as amended by section 88 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 10 of 2011)) of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001 (No. 20 of 2001) and the Horse and Greyhound Racing (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2010 ( S.I. No. 179 of 2010 ) (as adapted by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 455 of 2011 )), with the consent of the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, hereby make the following regulations with respect to which, pursuant to section 12(13) of that Act, a draft has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023.

2. The amount of €1,735,991,713 is specified for the purposes of section 12 (5) of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001 .

The Minister for Finance consents to the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 December, 2023.

MICHAEL MCGRATH,

Minister for Finance.

The Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform consents to the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 December, 2023.

PASCHAL DONOHOE,

Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

13 December, 2023.

CHARLIE MCCONALOGUE,

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.