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Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Absolutely.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: They are regulations, not legislation. Were regulations introduced by the Minister or was it new legislation?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: I have no problem in accepting that there have been some achievements, but my question was about the serious reports carried out on every level, from animal welfare to breeding and illegal substances to governance. We have a mass of recommendations. As I tell every organisation, it would help us if we were told us what recommendations had been implemented. That would give us confidence in...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Great. A shadow hung over the trainer for two years, even though the dog found with the illegal substance was under the control of Bord na gCon. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: There was a 16-day hearing before the control committee.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Then there were High Court proceedings which had to be settled.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: The witnesses have outlined the cost of those proceedings. The trainer was exonerated and it all happened on Bord na gCon's watch. Was it prepared to settle the case? Was an offer made on Mr. Meaney's watch to save on the costs eventually incurred?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: When was that?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: On the day it was listed or-----

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: There was a 16-day hearing before the control committee. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Separately, there was a High Court action. When did it come up for hearing?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: On Mr. Meaney's watch.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Is the timing roughly correct? I am not holding Mr. Meaney to the day. Is that when the case was listed for hearing?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Prior to the case being listed for hearing, was there an approach to Mr. Meaney to settle the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: To Mr. Meaney personally.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Just to be careful, I want to be fair to Mr. Meaney and there is only so much he can disclose, but he is the chairman of the board. He already knows the finding of the control committee, is that right? At this point he is fully aware of the finding of the control committee and the trainer has been totally exonerated. Is this correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Just listen to the question now. There was no fault whatsoever on the trainer. I think that yes is the answer to that, is it not?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Okay. It is important because that person was under a shadow for a very long time so let us not add to it. The trainer was completely exonerated. There was no fault whatsoever. Proceedings are then taken. Is Mr. Meaney saying that all along the legal advice, up to the day of the hearing, was to not settle?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: Is Mr. Meaney saying that he, in his capacity as chairman of the board, was never approached to settle that case?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Catherine Connolly: When Mr. Meaney says "people" are these legal people-----