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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: Regarding transparency, which was mentioned, we hear about places on the board, appointments, how things are managed and the difficulties around all of that. I take it this comes from past experience. Are there attempts to resolve these issues that are not being engaged with as actively as they could be by the sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: The reality is every organisation and sector needs a governing body, someone who sets and maintains the rules to ensure it is done properly and all of that. HSI clearly has that role. What is the status of HSI? A private company was mentioned. Is it a limited company by guarantee? What way is it set up? Is it a private limited company by guarantee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: It is a voluntary organisation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: No. We are back to it being a private limited company by guarantee. Who is in charge or in control of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: Who is in charge of the company?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: There have been offers for people to go onto the board from the various organisations here. Are there many organisations represented on that board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: Yes. The witnesses will excuse me; I come from a place of ignorance on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: Would they be appointed by the Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: Who was making the consideration? Is it the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: What is the position right now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: Was one of those selected?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: I am aware of the various issues, including the passports. It has been mentioned that some of it may have been administrative errors or whatever and you took the word on that. However, there are clear difficulties there. What are the people who represent everyone in the sector doing about that, if they are on the board? Three are on the board. One has to go on the board. What are they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: I understand that but I would imagine the people would not be complete strangers to each other. I mean it is a large industry so surely people would know the key players.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: Is there an issue with authority? Does Horse Sport Ireland feel that its authority is somehow being undermined? Is that part of the problem?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: Where is the problem? Where is the nub of this issue? What is the pinch point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: Of course, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: I appreciate that. A gender balance is everybody's responsibility not just the Minister's and it needs to be considered across the board. We have not made much progress because we are not getting to what has to happen, which is the bottom line. What has to happen to change this?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (1 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: 241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has any plans to introduce targeted regional supports for the TV and film production sector, particularly in the northwest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38704/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Co-operation (1 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: 496. To ask the Minister for Health if Irish citizens working in the north of Ireland and living in the south of Ireland are entitled to a medical card as a frontline worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38869/24]

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Kenny: I am glad to have the opportunity to respond to the budget and the efforts that have been made with regard to agriculture. The broader point is that the Government had huge financial resources to bring to the table for this budget. Many people out there, particularly those in rural areas and across the western seaboard, recognise that it is a part of the world that has had the least...