Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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Or a nose. I thank the Minister and the officials for coming before the committee. Politicians get a lot of emails and I have a question for the Minister because I cannot fathom it. In all the various horse sectors, everyone seems to be falling out with everyone else and everyone is bringing each other to court. What is wrong in an industry that gets so much money? Are the procedures wrong or what is wrong? Is there something the Department can do to get a bit of harmony or get the problems resolved? The committee seems to be going from one bang to another bang about it, to be quite frank. For an industry that is very important to rural areas especially, there is always an "if" about it and people are always wondering about the sparring that is going on. We have it constantly. What is the Minister's assessment of all of this? How do we address whatever problems are there and for once tidy up the act and get everyone to try to work together?