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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: How many stable staff would the witness say there are?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: The witness makes an interesting point. The legislation and the Horse Racing Ireland (Membership) Act does not mention the Irish Stable Staff Association, ISSA, it just says a board member representing staff. As Mr. Kavanagh knows, the ISSA is not a registered trade union. If it has no membership, why does Horse Racing Ireland view it as the representative of the stable staff? What level...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: The board issues the directive on where the pot of money goes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: Is the witness saying the Minister is responsible for that and decided that the designation be the ISSA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: It is incredibly unusual and it is incredibly unregulated. I have not gotten my head around it but I am learning more every day. Mr. Kavanagh has correctly identified retention of staff as a key problem for the industry. It is obviously a key problem for the people working there as well. The witness has said that Irish people are good with horses and love horses. That is true....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: Is Mr. Kavanagh not aware of good trainers out there who are trying to do the right thing but are being undercut by others in a race to the bottom? Would that be news to the witness?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: I am conscious of the lateness of the hour, but perhaps Mr. Kavanagh might do some homework. There was no derogation. A derogation is not whimsical, rather it has to come with substantial compensatory provisions. They are not included. In that sense, I put it to Mr. Kavanagh that the agreement was unlawful. Nonetheless, he has said his staff are the backbone of the organisation. Has any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: Mr. Kavanagh is saying there has been no settlement in any case which involves bullying. As a matter of interest, why are the payroll records not available for the period prior to 2006?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: I will be very happy to meet Mr. Kavanagh, but he comes from an industry in which I have never seen so many people discontent, be they owners, trainers or other staff. I would have to give up my day job and stop dealing with every other issue to listen to everything they would have to say. As it is, I am learning more and more from them all the time. I will be better informed having met my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: The redevelopment of the Curragh racecourse involves a lot of money. The fact that the racecourse has been kept open and races are not being moved has caused significant disquiet. The tripartite arrangement between HRI, the Turf Club and private developers is concerning in terms of the governance of State bodies and the code of practice. Has HRI taken all reasonable steps to ensure the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: It does and I am not referring solely to the big guns. I am also concerned about the relationship between HRI and the Turf Club and the fact that governance arrangements for the Turf Club are due to change under the Act passed last year. There is an interim period. I have no doubt that we will return to that issue. My last point concerns the foal levy. I do not accept that HRI cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: I was not asking Mr. Kavanagh to do that. I am questioning why Horse Racing Ireland felt it necessary to strenuously object to a case taken.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: The judge is saying that he would like to take the case in the public interest. The judge was open to referring the case, but the problem was that the applicant felt he would be exposing himself to serious costs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: The judge is considering whether in the public interest, this is a matter for a case being referred to a higher court, where the costs would be-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: Mr. Kavangh will get me the figure for the fee. Is Mr. Kavanagh trying to tell me that HRI only appeared in court once?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: I ask Mr. Kavanagh to send me the details of the legal costs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: Mr. Kavanagh uses the argument that people have to pay, they need to register the foals. They must pay to register the foals, but that does not mean they are happy about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: The person who took the court case pays it. He is compliant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: That is the point I am making. Mr. Kavanagh stated that HRI tried everything it could to resolve the matter so that it would not go to the court. However, HRI is missing the point that there is an ideological difference between what many people in the industry believe and what the board of HRI believes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Clare Daly: Contrary to what Mr. Kavanagh stated earlier, that HRI was introducing what a previous Minister had brought it, that HRI did not have an opinion on it.