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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: The point the witness is making in answer to Senator Mac Lochlainn is that she feels the industry is finished as opposed to introducing-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: We are only dealing with the situation in Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: Thank you, Senator Daly. Would Ms Jansen like to respond to the questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: That is the issue of transparency again.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: There are three specific questions arising from the points made by the two contributors. Does Ms Matthews wish to respond?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: Deputy Penrose raised a question on the financial resources required to fund the service.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: I will now ask the witnesses to sum up, starting at the top with Ms Jansen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: The number of greyhounds as a percentage of the overall number of dogs.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: Are those figures available?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: Are there further clarifications?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: I apologise for cutting across Ms Reid, but who pays for the export process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: Obviously, the GRAI has a contact on the other side.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: How many on average are sent abroad per year?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: What kind of relationship has the GRAI with the owners and breeders? It was mentioned that an owner or breeder could contact it about a dog that needed to be moved on and ask whether the GRAI had room for it. Does the GRAI know every legitimate owner and breeder in the country?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: If members have no further questions, we will conclude this part of the meeting. I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. The meeting will feed into the overall process. We have had a good engagement and we also have the submissions from the two groups. We will have further engagements in the coming weeks in advance of the committee concluding its report on the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: Before we begin, I remind members and witnesses to ensure their mobile phones are turned off for the duration of the meeting. From the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, I welcome Mr. Nick Ashmore, chief executive, and Ms Suzanne Sweeney, head of lending. I thank them for coming before the committee to update it on the agriculture cashflow support loan scheme, which was...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: What did qualify?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: We have the banks in next week. It is obviously a question we can ask them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: Mr. Ashmore mentioned the future several times in his presentation. Does he envisage the SBCI being involved in a future scheme? If so, what is the timescale? Mr. Ashmore also said that no farmer had lost out because of the qualification criteria. Is he aware of the number of farmers, if any, who did not make the cut when it came to the time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (2 May 2017)
Pat Deering: Would people form a queue if the SBCI opened a scheme tomorrow morning?