Dáil debates
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (Resumed)
7:42 pm
Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the motion on the proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022. On Wednesday, 30 November 2022, on the question, "That the amendment to the motion be agreed to", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 80(2), that division must be taken now.
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Chris Andrews, Ivana Bacik, John Brady, Martin Browne, Pat Buckley, Matt Carthy, Rose Conway-Walsh, Réada Cronin, David Cullinane, Pa Daly, Pearse Doherty, Paul Donnelly, Dessie Ellis, Kathleen Funchion, Thomas Gould, Brendan Howlin, Alan Kelly, Martin Kenny, Claire Kerrane, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Denise Mitchell, Imelda Munster, Verona Murphy, Johnny Mythen, Gerald Nash, Denis Naughten, Louise O'Reilly, Darren O'Rourke, Eoin Ó Broin, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, Ruairi Ó Murchú, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Maurice Quinlivan, Patricia Ryan, Seán Sherlock, Duncan Smith, Brian Stanley, Peadar Tóibín, Pauline Tully, Mark Ward.
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Mick Barry, Cathal Berry, Colm Brophy, James Browne, Richard Bruton, Colm Burke, Peter Burke, Mary Butler, Thomas Byrne, Jackie Cahill, Holly Cairns, Ciarán Cannon, Joe Carey, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Jack Chambers, Michael Collins, Niall Collins, Patrick Costello, Simon Coveney, Barry Cowen, Michael Creed, Cathal Crowe, Cormac Devlin, Alan Dillon, Stephen Donnelly, Francis Noel Duffy, Bernard Durkan, Damien English, Alan Farrell, Frank Feighan, Michael Fitzmaurice, Joe Flaherty, Charles Flanagan, Seán Fleming, Norma Foley, Gary Gannon, Brendan Griffin, Simon Harris, Seán Haughey, Martin Heydon, Emer Higgins, Neasa Hourigan, Heather Humphreys, Paul Kehoe, Gino Kenny, James Lawless, Brian Leddin, Michael Lowry, Josepha Madigan, Catherine Martin, Steven Matthews, Paul McAuliffe, Charlie McConalogue, Mattie McGrath, Joe McHugh, Aindrias Moynihan, Michael Moynihan, Catherine Murphy, Paul Murphy, Hildegarde Naughton, Malcolm Noonan, Darragh O'Brien, Joe O'Brien, Cian O'Callaghan, Jim O'Callaghan, James O'Connor, Kieran O'Donnell, Richard O'Donoghue, Patrick O'Donovan, Fergus O'Dowd, Christopher O'Sullivan, Pádraig O'Sullivan, Marc Ó Cathasaigh, Éamon Ó Cuív, John Paul Phelan, Anne Rabbitte, Neale Richmond, Michael Ring, Eamon Ryan, Róisín Shortall, Brendan Smith, Niamh Smyth, Ossian Smyth, David Stanton, Robert Troy, Jennifer Whitmore.
7:47 pm
Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour)
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I move amendment No. 1:
To delete all words after "That Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following:"notes that:believes therefore that the funding model under section 12 of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001 is in urgent need of review and replacement, and calls on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to carry out such a full and independent review of the Fund, including in particular with recommendations on:— while it is acknowledged that the horse and greyhound racing sectors do not qualify for sports capital funding, they are unique in Irish sport in that they are supported by the State through their own ring-fenced statutory fund;
— payments into the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund (Fund) have increased from €55 million in 2013 up to the €91 million proposed for 2023, an increase of over 65 per cent in a decade, with the proposed payment for 2023 an increase of a further €3 million over 2022;
— there is a question as to the continuing appropriateness of the indexation formula that is intended to provide a floor for Exchequer payments into the Fund, linked to receipts from excise duty on off-course betting;
— up to 2009 the statutory indexation formula was followed, the Minister for Finance has confirmed the formula was abandoned in 2009, without enabling change to the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001, and the approach since then has been for a unilateral decision by the Government on the amount to be provided to the Fund in each year;
— a significant amount of the Fund is used for prizes, which seems to benefit those who are most successful, and no independent economic or social impact analysis has been carried out to determine the best use of this resource; and
— although in the intervening years there have been reports of serious animal welfare concerns in both sectors, there is a lack of clear statutory conditionality that would make any State financial support conditional on rigorous animal welfare criteria being satisfied, nor are any conditions related to workers' rights in the sector attached to the funding;to be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas within six months, with the amended legislation being in place before the anticipated date of any further presentation of draft regulations under this section for the approval of the Houses, and— how best to support these sectors, those involved in it, and rural communities;
— measures needed to ensure the highest standards of animal welfare are implemented and complied with;
— how the rights of workers in the sector can be improved and an employment regulation order introduced to set minimum rates of pay and conditions; and
— whether and how funding for these sectors and other sports should be aligned,
approves the following Regulations in draft:copies of which were laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on the 13th October, 2022.".Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022,
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Chris Andrews, Ivana Bacik, John Brady, Martin Browne, Pat Buckley, Matt Carthy, Rose Conway-Walsh, Réada Cronin, David Cullinane, Pa Daly, Pearse Doherty, Paul Donnelly, Dessie Ellis, Kathleen Funchion, Thomas Gould, Brendan Howlin, Alan Kelly, Martin Kenny, Claire Kerrane, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Denise Mitchell, Imelda Munster, Verona Murphy, Johnny Mythen, Gerald Nash, Louise O'Reilly, Darren O'Rourke, Eoin Ó Broin, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, Ruairi Ó Murchú, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Maurice Quinlivan, Patricia Ryan, Seán Sherlock, Duncan Smith, Brian Stanley, Peadar Tóibín, Pauline Tully, Mark Ward.
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Mick Barry, Cathal Berry, Colm Brophy, James Browne, Richard Bruton, Colm Burke, Peter Burke, Mary Butler, Thomas Byrne, Jackie Cahill, Holly Cairns, Seán Canney, Ciarán Cannon, Joe Carey, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Jack Chambers, Michael Collins, Niall Collins, Patrick Costello, Simon Coveney, Barry Cowen, Michael Creed, Cathal Crowe, Cormac Devlin, Alan Dillon, Stephen Donnelly, Francis Noel Duffy, Bernard Durkan, Damien English, Alan Farrell, Frank Feighan, Michael Fitzmaurice, Joe Flaherty, Charles Flanagan, Seán Fleming, Norma Foley, Gary Gannon, Brendan Griffin, Simon Harris, Seán Haughey, Martin Heydon, Emer Higgins, Neasa Hourigan, Heather Humphreys, Paul Kehoe, Gino Kenny, James Lawless, Brian Leddin, Michael Lowry, Josepha Madigan, Catherine Martin, Steven Matthews, Paul McAuliffe, Charlie McConalogue, Mattie McGrath, Joe McHugh, Aindrias Moynihan, Michael Moynihan, Catherine Murphy, Paul Murphy, Denis Naughten, Hildegarde Naughton, Malcolm Noonan, Darragh O'Brien, Joe O'Brien, Cian O'Callaghan, Jim O'Callaghan, James O'Connor, Kieran O'Donnell, Richard O'Donoghue, Patrick O'Donovan, Fergus O'Dowd, Christopher O'Sullivan, Pádraig O'Sullivan, Marc Ó Cathasaigh, Éamon Ó Cuív, John Paul Phelan, Anne Rabbitte, Neale Richmond, Michael Ring, Eamon Ryan, Róisín Shortall, Brendan Smith, Bríd Smith, Niamh Smyth, Ossian Smyth, David Stanton, Robert Troy.
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Cathal Berry, Colm Brophy, James Browne, Richard Bruton, Colm Burke, Peter Burke, Mary Butler, Thomas Byrne, Jackie Cahill, Seán Canney, Ciarán Cannon, Joe Carey, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Jack Chambers, Michael Collins, Niall Collins, Patrick Costello, Simon Coveney, Barry Cowen, Michael Creed, Cathal Crowe, Cormac Devlin, Alan Dillon, Stephen Donnelly, Francis Noel Duffy, Bernard Durkan, Damien English, Alan Farrell, Frank Feighan, Michael Fitzmaurice, Joe Flaherty, Charles Flanagan, Seán Fleming, Norma Foley, Brendan Griffin, Simon Harris, Seán Haughey, Martin Heydon, Emer Higgins, Neasa Hourigan, Heather Humphreys, Paul Kehoe, Alan Kelly, James Lawless, Brian Leddin, Michael Lowry, Josepha Madigan, Catherine Martin, Steven Matthews, Paul McAuliffe, Charlie McConalogue, Mattie McGrath, Joe McHugh, Aindrias Moynihan, Michael Moynihan, Verona Murphy, Denis Naughten, Hildegarde Naughton, Malcolm Noonan, Darragh O'Brien, Joe O'Brien, Jim O'Callaghan, James O'Connor, Kieran O'Donnell, Richard O'Donoghue, Patrick O'Donovan, Fergus O'Dowd, Christopher O'Sullivan, Pádraig O'Sullivan, Marc Ó Cathasaigh, Éamon Ó Cuív, John Paul Phelan, Anne Rabbitte, Neale Richmond, Michael Ring, Eamon Ryan, Seán Sherlock, Brendan Smith, Niamh Smyth, Ossian Smyth, David Stanton, Robert Troy.
Níl
Chris Andrews, Ivana Bacik, Mick Barry, John Brady, Martin Browne, Pat Buckley, Holly Cairns, Matt Carthy, Rose Conway-Walsh, Réada Cronin, David Cullinane, Pa Daly, Pearse Doherty, Paul Donnelly, Dessie Ellis, Kathleen Funchion, Gary Gannon, Thomas Gould, Brendan Howlin, Gino Kenny, Martin Kenny, Claire Kerrane, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Denise Mitchell, Imelda Munster, Catherine Murphy, Paul Murphy, Johnny Mythen, Gerald Nash, Cian O'Callaghan, Louise O'Reilly, Darren O'Rourke, Eoin Ó Broin, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, Ruairi Ó Murchú, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Maurice Quinlivan, Patricia Ryan, Róisín Shortall, Bríd Smith, Duncan Smith, Brian Stanley, Pauline Tully, Mark Ward.