Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the officials for coming before us. This is a worthwhile discussion because when they were before us, they were probably providing answers to questions we did not have at the time. We are much better briefed now that we have met the stakeholders. I wish to raise a number of questions based on the presentations we heard earlier. I ask the officials to bear with me because I hope my questions are in order.

In regard to head 2, the Turf Club pointed out in its submission that point-to-point meetings are not mentioned in existing legislation and questioned the need for their inclusion in this Bill. The method of registration currently entails applying to the hunt club for a hunter certificate, which is then registered with the Turf Club. Am I correct that the process incurs two different fees?