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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Today we are having pre-legislative scrutiny of the heads of a Bill, a new process for us all, rather than debating the legislation on Committee Stage. The process should facilitate a quicker, smoother and less confrontational passage of Bills through both Houses, and points raised here can feed into the publication of the Bill for Second Stage. For the process to be successful, we need a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the witnesses. We understand the Betting Tax (Amendment) Bill 2013 finished Committee Stage in the Select Sub-Committee on Finance yesterday. I do not have the amended schedule but Report and Final Stages are due to be taken tomorrow. That is probably the reason we are sitting until 8 p.m. There are a number of pieces of legislation. Today’s business is at the White Paper...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: It is enabling legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The purpose of the Bill is to be able to capture all forms of betting that are relevant to an event in this country. The enabling legislation is required and then the rates can be established after that. If one can capture it all, that would bring up the amount of revenue anyway and then if one increases the percentage, one can double it or treble it. That is vitally important. From the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: It is very useful that the point is picked up by a stakeholder and articulated at the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank witnesses, members and non-members of the committee for attending and making a constructive contribution. We hope the witnesses found it useful to have their say on legislation that is at the heads of Bill stage.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (15 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the current method for the selection of international election observers; his views on whether his Department takes into account potential observers based on their qualifications and experience, rather than when a person was last sent on an observer mission; his views on whether a mechanism should be put in place to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (15 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: 735. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding an application for funding from Wexford County Council in respect of Gorey showgrounds under the sports capital grant; the reason they received no funding under this grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30945/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (15 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I remind members and witnesses to turn off their mobile telephones. We are meeting to discuss the general scheme of the Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill with representatives from the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association, Mr. Derek Iceton, chairman, and Mr. Shane O'Dwyer, manager; representatives from the Association of Irish Racehorse Trainers, Mr. Noel Meade, chairman, Mr. Michael...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (15 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank Mr. Iceton and call on Mr. Noel Meade, chairman of the Irish Race Horse Trainers Association.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (15 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Members indicate that Mr. Weld had a different script to the submission, but it is fine. We will take that as the contribution. Members are happy because we have the gist of it. It is a summarised version and we welcome brevity. I now call Mr. Andrew Coonan, chief executive of the Irish Jockeys Association.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (15 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: For the purposes of clarification, is it the membership of the media rights sub-committee to which Mr. Coonan refers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (15 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I now call Ms Sharon Byrne, chairperson of the Irish Bookmakers Association.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (15 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: There is mobile telephone interference.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (15 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I will take four questions first. The Betting Tax (Amendment) Bill is a Bill that is at a more advanced stage in the Houses but it has relevance to the matter under discussion. We are talking about the configuration and organisation of the HRI.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (15 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I will come back to the Deputy. We will bank these questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (15 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Although a few more members are offering, while those points raised by Senator Mooney and Deputy Martin Ferris are fresh in our minds, I will ask the representatives to respond to them starting with Mr. Iceton from the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (15 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I call Mr. O'Dwyer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (15 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I call Ms Byrne next to be followed by Mr. Coonan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (15 Jul 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Ms Byrne has made a fair contribution. I call Mr. Coonan.