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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: It is not that sensitive because I have it here in front of me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: Okay. Is the payment the same for every event?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: Regardless of how much the package might be worth, each racecourse pays the same amount per event or it loses that from what it would have otherwise received.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: Regardless of whether this was paid or not, Mr. Morris is suggesting the racecourses would be receiving the same amount.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: Does Mr. Morris see any mechanism or possibility for the current arrangements to be amended in order to provide a fillip or additional support to some smaller racecourses to ensure their viability and perhaps even to raise their profile?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: I have two very brief questions. In respect of that issue, could Ms Eade indicate whether, regardless of the overall figure, HRI intends to look at it or perhaps to have an independent review carried out on the allocation of money for media rights?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: It could be an independent review. Has HRI tendered for somebody to do it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: This is my final question. Mention was made of the funding that is allocated to racecourses for capital projects. How much was it worth last year, for example?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: Is that across all racecourses?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: Are all four of the HRI-owned racecourses included?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: How will that work with the grant in terms of the co-financing? Is there a minimum amount that racecourses have to put forward in order to receive anything back, and if so, how much is that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: So 60% matching funding is required. Does Mr. Morris see how there might be a difficulty for smaller racecourses that might need additional funding in order to expand, but they are unable to do that because of the stipulation on co-financing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: It is. Yes, that is the point I am making. I asked Mr. Morris if he considers that it could be a problem for smaller racecourses to come up with the 60% required?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: Thank you, Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: Not for the first time.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: As the Minister is the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I have to ask him if he is aware of the misuse of public transport funding that is discriminating against regions in this country? The N2 road alongside the A5 has been considered in several Government documents and plans to be a crucial artery and economic driver for both the central, Border and the north-western regions of...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: There is no public transport in the region I am talking about.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (29 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual costs associated with the work of the Climate Change Advisory Council to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34744/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of instances since 2017 in which a gift clawback has arisen as a result of farmer who has inherited or been gifted land and has placed such land jointly in the name of their spouse; the average tax intake as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34732/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Jun 2022)
Matt Carthy: 27. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 370 and 371 of 14 June 2022, the total value of income deferred in relation to the 90 taxpayer units that declared exempt income from the leasing of agricultural land and also claimed consanguinity relief during 2019; if he intends to repeat the 2019 analysis on the basis of any other year; and if he will make a...