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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: We are not trying to pre-empt what the committee will say. I think - and I believe Deputy Heydon will agree with this - there should be a recommendation that if the board is restricted to 12, the standing committees would, where possible, have non-members from the representative organisations as a feed-in and that the chair of each committee would actually be a member of the board and do his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Are we done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: On that point, was there any reference to that in the Smith & Williamson report? I must confess I am not aware of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: (Resumed) Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the officials for attending this meeting and for their presentations and for responding to questions. I hope members and non-members understand that I am bound by what the general scheme entails. There are questions which, whether I want them answered or not, I cannot permit to be answered here. That concludes our proceedings.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The first item is the scrutiny of EU legislative proposals. Schedule A includes COM (2014) 558, a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the EU Council on veterinary medicinal products. It is proposed that this does not warrant further scrutiny. Is that agreed? Agreed. It is proposed that proposals listed in schedule B do not warrant further scrutiny. These include...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: We will now discuss the Indecon report on Bord na gCon. I welcome the representatives from Bord na gCon: Mr. Phil Meaney, chairman, Ms Geraldine Larkin, chief executive officer, Mr. Michael Murnane, chief finance officer, Mr. Joe Lewins, head of wagering, and Ms Hilary Forde, head of compliance. I thank all of the witnesses for appearing before the joint committee today and remind everybody...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank Mr. Meaney for his opening statement and now invite Ms Larkin to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: While not wanting to discuss the business of the committee, we can do that or we can decide if we want to have further hearings with stakeholders before we do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: No. We agreed that before bringing in any stakeholders, we would invite in the representatives of Bord na gCon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I will allow supplementary questions afterwards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I remind Deputy Butler that he is under privilege and he should not impugn anyone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The committee is dealing with the Indecon report and the here and now. There are legacy issues but we must deal with the report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I ask the Deputy to refer to the report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I thank members. There is a long list of questions which shows the significant interest in the issue. If the chairman or CEO wish other officials to respond to questions, they should feel free to do so. I will hand over to the witnesses. We might have supplementary questions later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: To be clear, I think the structure is that one has a board which has a non-executive function. There is a stand-alone appeals committee and a control committee. If somebody is not happy with the findings of the control committee they can go to the appeals committee, which is provided for under the legislation. However, the appeals committee does not have to answer to the board because it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: It is important to understand that the legislation provides that the appeals committee and the control committee do not have to answer to the board. I presume they are answerable to the Minister, however.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Okay, continue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: The Deputy has made his point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: I am indulging the Deputy, who is not a member of this committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Indecon Report: Bord na gCon (21 Oct 2014)

Andrew Doyle: Does Mr. Meaney wish to respond?