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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: What type of competitions are we talking about? The Dublin Horse Show is the biggest competition we have at the moment. What else do we have?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: I will bring in Deputy Cahill presently. The Irish Sport Horse Alliance representatives referenced a figure of €100 million. Is that the figure required to bring these facilities up to five-star standard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: What would it cost to bring the venues, including Millstreet - I would have thought Millstreet was one of the top-class facilities in the country - Mullingar and Cavan, up to the level of Dublin?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: Absolutely. I would imagine that Millstreet and Mullingar and so on would have to come up to a given standard to attract foreign competitors and so on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: We will have all the questions first, if that is acceptable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: I also have a question. Who owns the five venues, including Millstreet, Mullingar and Cavan, that were mentioned? Obviously, we know who owns the RDS. Are the others private-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: Okay. Mr. O'Connor can reply to the other questions when he is ready.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: The issue of prize money comes up regularly. Who provides the prize money at the moment? What is the typical prize money for a main event in Millstreet or Mullingar and how does that compare with a similar event in Holland or Belgium?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: Who provides the prize money here at present?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: It is sponsorship.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: The rural development programme comes under the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine due to CAP reform.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: We will get to Deputy Corcoran Kennedy now and I will let the Senator back in shortly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: We are over-parochial today. Deputy Corcoran Kennedy's question was on the driver of additional facilities.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: The Olympic Council of Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: Does the Olympic Council of Ireland recognise Greg Broderick, for example, as an elite athlete and does it prioritise him - or whoever it may be - going forward for extra facilities, extra funding or extra training as with boxers? A number of boxers are in high-level special training and get some extra facilities and funding, as do some of the athletes. Are the showjumpers not treated in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: It had some success over the years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: The infrastructure would be crucial to attract competition to the country.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Sport Horse Industry: Discussion (20 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: I thank Mr. O'Connor, Mr. Broderick, Mr. O'Neill and Mr. Power for their useful presentations. We will send a transcript of this meeting to the Minister, with whom we will also engage on the matter when he comes before the committee next week to discuss the horse and greyhound industry.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (21 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: 189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of livestock nationally in each of the past ten years, by dairy herd, beef herd and calves, that is, live calves exported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48440/18]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (27 Nov 2018)
Pat Deering: Apologies have been received from Deputy McConalogue and Senator Paul Daly. I understand the Senator may be here later. I remind members to ensure that their mobile phones are turned off. I propose that we now go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.