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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Does HSI have governance over them and look at what is going on? It seems that a lot of attempts are made for extraordinary general meetings, EGMs. We had a lot of difficulty under the green, low-carbon, agri-environment, GLAS, for rare breeds in the line of stud books. It was tough going for some farmers. Did the HSI have a look at that? We get a lot of correspondence from people in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: In the new system of DNA and the stud books, why jump from one thing to another? Why can HSI not run two things in parallel? It is under pressure to get stuff out to the people. Why does it not look at other ways? It is either full duck or no dinner. Surely to God a system should be trialled so that it could be done within a certain length of time. Then, if it was failing, it should...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Who took that decision?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: When it was getting the information, did HSI flag that there would be delays?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine insisted on keeping going.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: That is perfect. That is interesting. Unfortunately, I am not an expert in horses. Yet, any time I come in, there is litigation going on, committees are resigning, and one is looking at the other. Is all that over? What is the story with all this litigation? Has that been parked to one side? I understand this is an interim board. When does it think it will have all the people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. Dowling spoke earlier about how different groups were not happy that there were not some people from their side or background on it. Can the board be made bigger to accommodate or try to bring a happy family together for once? This is the last thing I will say. We should talk to the Department to ask if it has been flagged about the delay and see that it actually persists with it. We...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. First, does HSI have anything to do with the Connemara ponies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Do you give them money or anything?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: No, I asked a question. Did HSI flag that there would be delays?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Yes.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023) Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the Chair. Will the Minister explain appropriations-in-aid? There is huge variance in it. It is something to do with the EU. Will the Minister explain that to me?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023) Michael Fitzmaurice: The Commission owes us that difference, does it?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023) Michael Fitzmaurice: That is perfect. I concur with our Chair on TB. It looks like a huge increase in funding. Farmers have to get money but I am unsure about some of the proposals on the table about areas. Either a farmer is clear or not and that is the bottom line, rather than putting areas of danger together. It would destroy farms and whoever was the genius who came up with that needs to think again. ...
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023) Michael Fitzmaurice: Does that give the Minister more money for REPS or ACRES II?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023) Michael Fitzmaurice: It was my understanding that the carbon tax was going to be sent across to the ACRES scheme. Did that happen?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023) Michael Fitzmaurice: What is that? Explain how much it is.
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023) Michael Fitzmaurice: That is all right. There is another figure that stood out, which relates to the development and promotion of agriculture. It is worrying to see that we have spent less than half our budget. Is that for the promotion of our foods in different countries, or what is it?
- Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023) Michael Fitzmaurice: Why is there such an underspend on receipts for inspection fees at meat plants?