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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Victor Boyhan: But it has not been independently peer-reviewed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I know. Dr. Cotter said that three times.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Okay. That is grand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister. I thank the Cathaoirleach for setting out the details. As he confirmed for us before, he is in derogation. He is a farmer and knows the experiences, which he has outlined very well. I thank him for setting the scene for something he knows very well personally. It makes it more real because we have to talk about the lived experience. I thank the Minister and his...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Has it changed? It is his neck of the woods, clearly identified with him and he was in the shots on RTÉ news. The Tánaiste spoke, as the Minister did, and talked about a constructive meeting with IFA leaders. There was a discussion at the Fianna Fáil think-in, which was reported on Monday and Tuesday. It promised that the Minister and Tánaiste would reflect on the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Victor Boyhan: The IFA president, Tim Cullinan, made a very strong case to the Minister to basically stop the talk, get back to Brussels and make a stronger case. That was his call. What assurances did the Minister give him or the delegation when they were in Tipperary meeting the Minister last Monday? Has there been further discussion specifically with the IFA? I do not want to focus particularly on...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I am conscious of time so I will keep these questions a bit tighter. In essence, the Minister is not going back to Brussels, as requested by the IFA. That is not his plan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Victor Boyhan: It is not the Minister's plan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Victor Boyhan: To be clear, the Minister is not heading back to Brussels at the request of the IFA to renegotiate the opening of this derogation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Okay. Moving on, farmers are strongly focused on environmental matters and, in fairness, the Minister has echoed and reinforced that in his comments here today in terms of investing in sustainable products, services and farm practices. We all know that and I have seen it at first hand through the agricultural and horticultural Teagasc training and education centres. There is a real move,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)
Victor Boyhan: The Senator is not doing too badly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I welcome the people from all the disciplines of equestrian sport. I am an ally, a supporter. I was dragged up in pony clubs, eventing, cross-country and other equestrian businesses just off the Curragh in a little place called Narraghmore near Fontstown in County Kildare, for those who know that part of the country. I am with you all the way. I read the six-page submission. The...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)
Victor Boyhan: So that is Showjumping Ireland's position. It is not fully compliant as of yet.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Okay. While I have Mr. Corrigan, because I am conscious that Showjumping Ireland is one of the big organisations and one of the biggest beneficiaries of the fund, which is fantastic, has Showjumping Ireland used its full allocation in each of the last two years? Is there any surplus sitting in Showjumping Ireland's accounts in relation to its allocation from Horse Sport Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Would Mr. Corrigan be in a position to tell the committee how much has Showjumping Ireland given back to Horse Sport Ireland through the international levy scheme?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)
Victor Boyhan: That is great. I thank Mr. Corrigan for that. Therefore, Showjumping Ireland does not receive any funding from Horse Sport Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Okay. Money that goes from the sport funding goes through the conduit, as such, of Horse Sport Ireland but it does not come back to Showjumping Ireland.