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

Andrew Doyle: Through the Chair.

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

Andrew Doyle: Through the Chair. I will let Deputy Martin Ferris respond. The Deputy should let Mr. Kavanagh finish.

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

Andrew Doyle: I will call the Deputy after Professor Wall and Mr. Bolger have replied.

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

Andrew Doyle: It has been repeated ad nauseam. The issue is condensing and we are getting to the nub of our consideration of it. A few questions were directed to Professor Wall.

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

Andrew Doyle: I would like to clarify that our report covers all sectors.

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

Andrew Doyle: When we set about this work, it was intended to cover all sectors of the horse industry. If the harness racing people had not come in towards the end, we would probably have advanced to draft a report.

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

Andrew Doyle: We are conscious-----

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

Andrew Doyle: -----that is something we need to investigate because none of us was aware of that.

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

Andrew Doyle: It is under projects-----

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

Andrew Doyle: The Irish Horse Welfare Trust has made a submission seeking some of that money for a centre of excellence and education. I know that because it is in my constituency.

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

Andrew Doyle: I thank everyone-----

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

Andrew Doyle: Yes. They are separate industries. I was involved a little in the sport horse industry. They operate differently but they are compatible and that is what we are trying to address. From the point of view of the committee's work, I thank the witnesses for their insight. If we want the various aspects of the horse industry to develop to their full potential, that could happen with goodwill...

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

Andrew Doyle: He has undertaken, as Mr. Kavanagh said in his opening statement, to conduct a review and a report on harness racing in the new year. I ask the members to stay back five minutes for us to discuss the organic amendments, but that concludes the public session of today's meeting. I thank the witnesses again and wish them all the best for the festivities and the season. I hope there is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland Remit (26 Jan 2016)

Andrew Doyle: 487. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his responsibility or agencies of his Department for repairs to Ashford Weir in County Wicklow, further to recent storm damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3257/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Promotion (26 Jan 2016)

Andrew Doyle: 513. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will comprehensively review the funding allocation for the film industry, including the Irish Film Board, given its impact on regional development strategy and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3119/16]

Election of Ceann Comhairle (10 Mar 2016)

Andrew Doyle: I thank the Clerk. I am conscious that this is an historic moment. As we assemble on the first day of the Thirty-Second Dáil to elect a Ceann Comhairle we are actually seeing history being made. Perhaps fittingly, in this the centenary year of our country's Proclamation of our right to self governance, Members of this House will elect their own Ceann Comhairle for the first time....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (14 Apr 2016)

Andrew Doyle: 356. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of applicants who registered with Arc Adoption Agency for the purposes of inter-country adoption and who are now pursuing the refund of their registration fee since the liquidation of the agency in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6592/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Data (14 Apr 2016)

Andrew Doyle: 624. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports and identity cards he has issued in 2016 to date; if the ten-day turnaround for re-issuing passports has been met in 2016; if he will employ more seasonal staff to deal with the backlog of passports if the volume of applications increases; if there has been an increase in the number of applications from outside the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (21 Apr 2016)

Andrew Doyle: 68. To ask the Minister for Health if an agreement has been made between the United Kingdom and Ireland so that if an Irish citizen who has worked long term in the UK, and held a UK medical card, is then automatically entitled to an Irish medical card when they return home to retire. [7878/16]

Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Apr 2016)

Andrew Doyle: Mental health cases are dealt with by every public representative. Mental illness affects many families. It is sometimes as commonplace as alcoholism, and sometimes the two are related. It does not seem to receive the same recognition as alcoholism. As others have said, we lose as many to suicide as to road accidents annually, yet we still seem to treat mental illness as taboo and as...