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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: I move amendment No. 31:In page 13, to delete lines 28 to 30 and substitute the following:"(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) the media rights committee shall consist of not more than 5 members appointed by HRI, one of whom shall be the HRI representative of the body known as the Association of Irish Racehorse Owners and may include members who are not members of HRI.". I am proposing...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: I think that is a mistake because racehorse owners are the cornerstone of this country's horse racing industry. It is very important for them to have a member on the board. For that reason, I will be pursuing this amendment.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: While I would like to have faith in every board, the reality is that we have seen in the not too distant past how some boards have operated or failed to operate as they should have. Deputy Penrose outlined in his very articulate way the issues about the contribution of racehorse owners and what they bring to the industry. Without them there would be no industry, let us put it that way. If...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: Who determines whom the board nominates? Does it pick somebody it wants on the board or does it ask the racehorse owners association to nominate somebody? That is why reference is made to a body from the Irish racehorse association, which again refers to determination. It goes back to the Association of Irish Racehorse Owners to determine who represents it, because the amendment would...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: I move amendment No. 42:In page 15, line 26, to delete “upon payment to HRI of the appropriate licence fee, to”. This is down to the fees, licences, funding and so forth being paid to HRI which undermines the racing regulatory body's integrity. For that reason, I ask that part of the first line, "upon payment to HRI of the appropriate fee, to", be deleted and also that the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: The issue is the payment of fees, including licence fees, all going to HRI.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: I move amendment No. 64:In page 20, to delete lines 31 to 33. This concerns the transfer of personal data from HRI to the racing regulatory board and vice versa. I see the Minister's amendment No. 66 and the reference to "data (including personal data) held by it for purposes of enforcing the Rules of Racing" but I am not sure if that covers this point. Can he confirm if this covers the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Expenditure (15 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: 201. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount he has spent on the harbour in Daingean Uí Chúis, County Kerry, since the approval of Statutory Instrument 233 of 2007, which transferred the management of the harbour to him, by year, the purpose of each spending allocation, the benefits of this investment to the local fishing industry; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (15 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: 214. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will deal with a scenario where parties to partnership agreements between older and younger farmers, which have not yet been processed by his Department due to technical difficulties, cannot access the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme within the current deadline of 14 December 2015, the alternative for these farmers;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (15 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: 414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) who is unable to travel to Cork from Tralee in County Kerry to have cataracts removed will be treated in County Kerry. [44941/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: I thank both witnesses for their presentations. I must say at the outset that the behaviour of Horse Racing Ireland has been disgraceful. I think it is snobbery. I have read the communications from Horse Racing Ireland to the harness racing group. People are genuinely trying to bring support to an economy in various areas. It is an absolute disgrace. Two harness racing meetings were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: How often has Horse Racing Ireland engaged with them, between 2008 and 2015?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: There were engagements from harness racing, from 2008 up until 2014, and it was dismissed by the HRI.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: In June of this year, it was dismissed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: Did Mr. Kavanagh hear the same concerns on 27 September-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: -----when it was granted?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: May I speak again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: Two harness meetings took place in Dundalk in 2008. They were negotiated directly with the Dundalk racecourse. The IHRA received a positive response from the thoroughbred industry observers who were present, including the independents from the Turf Club. Between 2008 and 27 September 2015, however, every effort that the IHRA made to hold a meeting at that track was thwarted by HRI. I do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: I cannot accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: A small amount was drawn down in Dublin.