Results 921-940 of 2,179 for speaker:Paul Daly
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: Therefore, in that jurisdiction the IHRB does not have authority to enter unlicensed premises. Is there a training manual? There was a lot of discussion here before about a training manual, who was trained, what training was done and whether there is a manual.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: I appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: But the Department did have a role in training the IHRB authorised officers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: Since our inquiries started, how often has the IHRB met with the trainers or the trainer representative bodies to discuss everything that has been ongoing? When was the last time the IHRB met them and when might it propose to meet them again? I am led to believe that such meetings do not happen with great frequency.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: You have a request in with them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: Chair, if this is not an appropriate question, please tell me. Are there currently any proven positive cases pending within Ms Guy's organisation that have not yet come into the public domain? If not, why are they not in the public domain?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: In that case, there could be some investigations that have not yet come to the referrals committee and are not, therefore, in the public domain.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: I appreciate getting back in. I did not want to speak for too long at the start as I was conscious other members wanted to contribute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: Believe you me, it was not long. I have a few questions mainly for the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board on its inspections. Is there a vet present at every inspection?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: Why not? Does Dr. Hillyer not think it would be important for a vet to be present if a sample were being taken?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: Will Dr. Hillyer repeat that? Only a vet can take a blood sample.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: There is not always vet or an equine nurse present at all the board's inspections.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: Were many or any of the board's staff or vets interviewed by Dr. Suann for his report?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: I would like to know that. For clarification purposes, I have two further questions. Dr. Hillyer noted the board is new to the game with respect to the authorised officer element. What is the role between the Department and the board when it comes to inspections? What ignites the need for an inspection? I will not mention any of the particulars of the case that was referenced. The case...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: What are the differentiating factors?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: Maybe the Department would like to comment on this, without going into individual aspects of the case I mentioned. How did the Department get there first and why did it only inform IHRB when it was in situ?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: I appreciate that. I thought at the time it was a little funny that the Department was there before the IHRB was even informed. When we first initiated these inquiries, we had the board before the committee with Ms Guy's predecessor, Mr. Egan. At that time, we were all receiving a lot of correspondence from people calling themselves whistleblowers or informants. They provided us with a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: Would there be an inspection?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: Has the information provided by the two people who contacted us then been acted on since? It had not been acted on at the time and we were given a guarantee that all correspondence would be acted on. Ms Guy can go back through the record of the previous meeting for those two specific cases. I forgot to bring the emails with me. Have those cases been acted on since?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Paul Daly: Basically, the IHRB may still be working on the cases but there may be no evident action for the person who informed it about the issue. Can the witnesses confidently tell me that nobody will contact me tonight having watched this meeting to say they told the IHRB X, Y and Z and nothing ever happened?