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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Okay, I am not asking them to say whether they are interested in staying. I am sure they are busy people but what is their status?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Or they might be asked to step aside.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That is a consideration that you might consider. That is fair enough, I just wanted to get the scene. The understanding is that while it is called an interim board, it is envisaged it might stay for the full term. Of course it is the Minister's prerogative to reaffirm the appointment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Okay, that is grand. HSI had its annual general meeting in June.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: According to HSI's own report that it presented on today, it says that its balance sheet is fragile. They are HSI's words, not mine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: There are serious concerns then, therefore, about the current funding model. Will the witnesses share with the committee, one, their concerns about their fragile balance sheet, and two, their current funding model? Is that a criticism of the current funding model or could it do better or would the witnesses like to see a whole new funding model? Will they tease that out with the committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Does Mr. Carroll have plans or proposals for, or has he considered, another funding model? Would he like for it to be different and in what way would he like it to be different?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: This is a forum where Mr. Carroll has an opportunity to put his stake in the ground. We are interested. There are budgetary considerations in the Lower House. What is Mr. Carroll's view? Does he have a considered view about a new funding model that he would like to share with us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Has HSI made that case to its funders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: HSI is going to stick with the model, therefore, that is not very satisfactory but is the one it is happy to work with.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Yes, by being a bit more creative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: No, that is grand. I will pick it up in the Official Report. In any event, it is progressing well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I understand that, but how is the finality? What is the time trajectory or the timeline for completing that process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Mr. Duggan mentioned direct financial sponsorship. What sort of direct financial sponsorship is HSI in receipt of?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The horse sports industry is an amazing industry with a very positive story. You would imagine it would attract big international sponsorship, or at least strong Irish sponsorship. It is a good story to tell. Does Mr. Duggan think the public concerns, or the view in some quarters and, more important, in the equestrian quarter, which is the one relevant to HSI, have impacted on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the witnesses and genuinely wish Horse Sports Ireland well. It is a great story to tell and I hope that, sooner than later, we can get more collegiality and support from the key stakeholders, because that is critical. There is potential for damage and fallout from all this if we do not get it sorted, and that is important. The witnesses constitute the board and it is challenged...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I understand, and I thank Mr. Carroll for sharing that with me. I am conscious I had to leave the meeting to go to the Seanad for a while, so the issue of developing an e-passport may have been covered. What is the level of progress or the timeline for that process to be completed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: They are donkeys.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Policing Co-operation (21 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I concur with the Cathaoirleach's comments and welcome the Minister for Justice. She is no stranger to this House. We value the fact that she is the front-line Minister and has ultimate responsibility for the administration of justice, policing and many other aspects of her Department's work.I thank her for being here. I appreciate her coming to House to deal with this important matter....