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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Horse Racing Ireland
Financial Statements 2022: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: There were lame animals and animals in distress.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Horse Racing Ireland
Financial Statements 2022: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I want to move on to other questions. What are the respective roles of HRI and the IHRB in respect of the registration and microchipping of horses? Do they have a role? If the answer to this question is "No", just say "No".

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Horse Racing Ireland
Financial Statements 2022: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: That is the only role that the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board plays.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Horse Racing Ireland
Financial Statements 2022: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: On HRI, I believe we had this discussion before about the structure of HRI and IHRB is then funded by this HRI. This seems an odd way of doing things. Underneath that then there is the jockey welfare fund, which is a charity. Why was that almost a subset of IHRB and what was the magnitude of the money that was in the account? We know how much was transferred from the account and back to...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Horse Racing Ireland
Financial Statements 2022: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Who audits it?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Horse Racing Ireland
Financial Statements 2022: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Would that be part-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Horse Racing Ireland
Financial Statements 2022: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Are there other related parties in addition to this charity?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Horse Racing Ireland
Financial Statements 2022: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Why were they not under the remit of the HRI rather than the IHRB?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Horse Racing Ireland
Financial Statements 2022: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: With regard to the governance, does Mr. O'Loughlin not think that a regulatory board should be completely separate and not dependent on HRI, for example? It seems to me that the separation is not ideal. Would Mr. O'Loughlin concur with that and is it something he has concerns about?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Horse Racing Ireland
Financial Statements 2022: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: There is a good degree of confusion in being called a regulatory board with the Department being the regulator with regard to most aspects, certainly of animal welfare traceability, so on and so forth. I would say that there is a degree of confusion and we had a bit of a discussion about this, if not on the last appearance of the board before our committee, then during the appearance before...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Horse Racing Ireland
Financial Statements 2022: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: What is the position specifically after last week's programme?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Horse Racing Ireland
Financial Statements 2022: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I could see that in the programme but I am asking what does the Department-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Horse Racing Ireland
Financial Statements 2022: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I want to finally ask a question about the deaths of horses. Last year 111 horses died within 48-hours of racing with something like 130 more dying within a month of that. Can Mr. Sheahan tell us what the industry is doing to reduce the rate of deaths following horse racing?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Horse Racing Ireland
Financial Statements 2022: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: Ms Eade might provide us with a note on those changes that have been introduced.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: 170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which her attention was drawn to alleged accessing of certain phone records by An Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. [26603/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: We are seeking a debate as a matter of urgency on the issues that have flowed from the "RTÉ Investigates: Horses - Making a Killing" programme. A significant abuse occurred in Shannonside Foods, which is the only equine abattoir in the country and has been temporarily closed down. The abuse that was featured has rightly caused outrage. Horses have been removed from the site. The...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I also express my sympathy on the death of Tommie Gorman. It is really shocking. Last February, I submitted a question to the Minister for Transport about the transport requirements for Dublin specifically for next weekend. We know that many events will be happening. It is Pride weekend. A number of concerts will be taking place and there will be two double-headers at Croke Park....

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: There are a number of issues I wish to cover, so I am indicating that I wish to contribute again at some point. I will start with something that is not in the OPW’s 2022 accounts but I wish was, namely, Castletown House. For people who do not know it, it is a building of international significance in terms of its architecture and the grounds in which it sits. It attracted...

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: I am talking about when you do a cost-benefit analysis.

Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (13 Jun 2024)

Catherine Murphy: What about the speed of delivery? I understand it takes time to design and there are processes to be gone through and so on. Is it possible to parallel some of the processes where there are huge outlays, if those outlays can be avoided a second time?