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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Review: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I welcome the representatives of the National Parks and Wildlife Service to the committee. It is an amazing organisation, which has done amazing work. The Minister of State has left so I will not embarrass him when I say in his absence that the NPWS has a wonderful ambassador in the Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan. He comes with a great smile, great cheer and great enthusiasm for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: Is Mr. Sheahan directly involved in these investigations?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: Has Mr. Sheahan stepped aside from that, given the potential element of conflict?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: That is grand. That reassurance is all I want.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I want to ask Ms Eade about HRI. She has overall responsibility but I get the impression she has limited enforcement powers. Am I right in saying that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: That is not whole-of-life traceability.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: Does Ms Eade feel she should have more powers or does she feel that is for the Department?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: In relation to Horse Sport Ireland, will Mr. Duggan touch on whole-of-life traceability and the challenges around it? How can we improve it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: Again, it is back to the Department. We are hearing clearly the regulatory aspects of this go back to the Department of agriculture.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I understand that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I have no more questions to ask the representatives of Horse Sport Ireland or Horse Racing Ireland. It was helpful to have them here. I want to continue to support them in their work. I acknowledge the important work they do. I am sorry for Mr. Sheahan if the focus is on him but that is his job and responsibility. I have one or two more areas to ask about. Dr. Hobson mentioned another...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: That is important. There is clearly a market for horse meat there anyway. We have confirmed that there is an international dimension to this topic because Europol is involved. There is clearly a great deal going on, and there may also be many others involved. I am not comfortable with the idea that there is an internal investigation going on even if it is a unit within the Department. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: Did the Food Safety Authority issue the food alert?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: The Department recommended that a food fraud alert should issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: Roughly when did that happen?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: It took until last week to do it. There is a process or a chain involved.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I understand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: Are they alerts relating to the same plant?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I am conscious that we are somewhat constrained in what we can say despite the knowledge of other information we have. There is an ongoing investigation. I thank the witnesses for coming. The Department is in a difficult place ,but it is in everyone's interests that we have a fully open, transparent and fair process. It is important that there is a fair process and we do not lose sight of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: That went through channels and the Food Safety Authority has issued the alert on the recommendation of the Department.