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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: If a person who has been sanctioned or banned in another country and comes here to train, is there any provision to extend the sanction or ban to Ireland? Are we going to operate independently? Can someone who is banned in the UK come here to train?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The person's past record is taken into account.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: It is a good development that they are to be appointed by the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Would that be reversible? If there is a sanction on coursing, will it apply to the track as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: With regard to the qualified people needed for that control committee, we are talking about a limited group of individuals. Is it sensible to have the term of office the same as the board? The committee might find a good vet or a good barrister who is prepared to serve. How many of those will be found who are willing to devote their time to a greyhound control committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I just think that the pool of people who would be willing to do this is very limited.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Even more so in this case in that they must have serious expertise to sit on the control committee. The number of people with that expertise who are willing to devote their time to the committee could be very limited.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I do not disagree with having the term of office in the Bill, but in this instance I think that it might not be practical.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: I do not think that would work in practice because of the significant turnover of people. I do not believe a sufficient pool of people would be available.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Will the committee be a subcommittee of the board?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Who will appoint the appeals committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: The Department will run into the same problems in this area that we discussed earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: It could change in the future, of course, but at the moment there is no dominant stud dog. There was a time when a dominant stud dog was being used virtually exclusively to any other dogs. I went to a major puppy stake in Limerick which had 12 heats with 72 dogs. There were 65 different sires for the dogs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: That shows that at the moment there is no dominant stud dog. In his day, Top Honcho, was being used exclusively to the detriment of other stud dogs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (4 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: In the racing industry one has Galileo and very close in-breeding there. The in-breeding that is going on is more of a problem for the racing industry at the moment. In the dog industry it is not an issue, but that is not to say that in five years' time a stud dog could not become dominant again and would be used to the exclusion of other stud dogs. At the moment, however, there is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Data (5 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will instruct Irish Water to provide the list of residential properties in County Tipperary in its possession that still have lead water pipes in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16951/17]

Reform of An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (11 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: Unfortunately, public confidence in An Garda Síochána is in shreds. The Policing Authority has to be the cornerstone of rebuilding this confidence. This motion is part of that process. Increased powers are necessary to bring reform and cultural change to An Garda Síochána. Recent revelations concerning the fixed charge system and the breath testing figures released are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (11 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17650/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (11 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will instruct Irish Water to review the policy inherited from Tipperary County Council in which every residence with more than two acres of land adjoining had a meter installed with a standing charge for non-domestic water regardless of use and in which the level of use is considerably less than the domestic...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance (11 Apr 2017)

Jackie Cahill: 336. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will, in the case of permanently disabled persons that employ full-time or part-time carers, make them exempt from PRSI and employer contributions without any disadvantage to the rights of the employee or loss of benefits to the employee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17654/17]