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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I am aware that the Comptroller and Auditor General audits Greyhound Racing Ireland. Indeed, I have looked at those reports. I was talking about oversight in terms of welfare.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will not ask questions. I was present earlier and I read the witnesses' excellent submissions. Congressman Richard Neal from the US was just addressing the Seanad, so we unfortunately had to be there and were somewhat locked down. My apologies. I thank the witnesses, who are critical to our work. I read the Construction Industry Federation's excellent paper, as I did the County and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will take precedence at that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (26 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Ms Graham and the team from the Custom House. They are clearly very able and full of expertise. At the outset, I welcome the review of the Planning and Development Act. It is important people are able to read it. Clearly, there have been so many amendments and changes that it makes this complex. This possibly gives us an amazing opportunity if we collaborate and genuinely work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (26 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I just have some wrap-up comments. I know we all want to get out of here. I bear in mind a few things. I am conscious that there are processes and separation of various powers and functions. Yesterday, I issued a call in the Seanad – we had some amazing feedback from it too – on the Rory Mulcahy report into Donegal planning. The issues sitting on the Minister’s table...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (26 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: They are all in the same body.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (26 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I have a supplementary question to that, concerning when they make a submission. The Chair asked if we could see the papers related to this engagement. The witnesses said they are fed into an overall paper which best captures what it is about. They can correct me if I am wrong. I like that but I also like to see under the bonnet and to see the documents that feed into that. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (26 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Thanks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (26 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It is on the point that Ms Graham was discussing. I believe the issues paper that is issued has the potential. I am very familiar with some of these issues papers. It is about managing people's expectation. It is a very important thing in anything we do in any walk of life or in any business. When people are told that it is their plan and they can have what they want, they think of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome our guests. They are guests of ours and I think that is an important point to make. I thank them for coming to the meeting. I have a number of questions that will come in a slightly disjointed way. I do not mean for them to be disjointed but they are observations I have noted. I found the IHRB's Integrity Racing Statistics 2019 an interesting document. Does such a document...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That would be welcome. I could not find those 2021 statistics but that may have been my fault. As our guests know, the committee made certain substantial recommendations. I am concerned at the slow progress. I will leave it at that. We are here because we believe in the industry and are supportive of it. I can declare that I have a reasonably keen interest in horse racing. I attend...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Is that going to be the ongoing arrangement? I would be somewhat concerned about that. He was commissioned to do a report and it was surprising that he had not audited its work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Okay. It is stated that a full public procurement process for the provision of our laboratory services will start in 2020 and we look forward to receiving Dr. Suann's report and acting on any recommendations when they are available. What is the current status of that procurement process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: This was in the IRHB's equine anti-doping report of January 2022. Ms Guy stated it will commence in 2022.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Is it under way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: In regard to the authorised officers and the warrant card, I understand this enhances the powers of the IHRB and strengthens its processes. I have received complaints about it. Personally, I would not necessarily share those views. I think the authorised officer is a process. What difficulties have been encountered in terms of gaining access to premises using the authorised officer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will focus now on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. There is a memorandum of understanding between the Department and the IHRB. How is that going? When is it going to be reviewed? Will the witnesses elaborate on that memorandum?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Would Mr. Drea agree it is working well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That is perfect. I will go back to the IHRB. In one of the recommendations there was a report that suggested that the IHRB should consider executing a memorandum of understanding with the Veterinary Council of Ireland to ensure the prompt referral of hearings and matters relating to poor professional performance or professional misconduct on the part of veterinarians treating racehorses....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: A memorandum of understanding is what was suggested.