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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: According to an internal note I have seen, the IHRB hired PRISM Leadership and Change Consulting in 2020 for an employee survey and interviews were carried out on 5 May 2020. On 5 August 2020, a gentleman from PRISM stated the review had been completed - I do not want to mention his name - and the company would come back with findings in September. Could Mr. Egan apprise the committee of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: How much was spent on this consultancy firm?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: For what reason did Mr. Egan think he had to bring in this consultancy firm?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: In 2016, the IHRB provided €1.8 million for new and improved equipment at BHP Laboratories in Limerick. In 2018, the board terminated the contract with BHP. I have seen correspondence on this. What happened to the €1.8 million? Was that returned to the IHRB and did the board seek to recoup any of it as this would have been taxpayers' money it received from HRI?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Could Mr. Egan come back to the clerk to the committee with that information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Are there any personal connections between the IHRB and BHP given that Dr. Hillyer cited BHP when dismissing Mr. Paul Kimmage's story the weekend before last citing the BHP examination of the issue? That is one issue. Of the six horses from Ireland sent to the UK trainers, three tested positive on hair samples for keto steroids. A leading toxicologist carried out an 11- page expert report....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: On that, I read this weekend where Mr. Kimmage tried to get in contact with Dr. Hillyer. If we are to have a sound racing horse racing industry, why not sit down with Mr. Kimmage face to face and clear whatever is in the air there once and for all? I was a Minister for nine and a half years and if somebody had an issue, I would sit down with him or her and clear the air unless for legal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I have one last question for Mr. Egan. He is retiring shortly and I wish him the very best of luck and health and everything that goes with that. When he is on his way out and reflecting on his work in the IHRB would he consider this to be transparency? This issue will not go away. I know he is answerable to the Comptroller and Auditor General and the accounts have to be publicised. For...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Perhaps Mr. Egan will reflect on this as a recommendation when he is going out the door and leaving the note in the drawer of his desk for the next person taking over. The committee also has a job to make recommendations to ensure there is transparency wherever public money is spent. Senator Daly abstained previously. I am running out of time and I invite him to contribute if he wants to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Joint Committee (13 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Unfortunately, I am unable to chair today's meeting. I propose that Senator Dolan take the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Paul Kehoe: How does Mr. Arneill feel that we might be able to convince the Department of Education, with its lack of funding - I will not describe it as an excuse - to have these type of people in the schools? I suggested to the ombudsman last week that there could be a pilot project. How does Mr. Arneill feel that we could roll out a pilot project in some primary schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Which of the social media sites has the biggest effect on young people? Facebook seems to have gone out the window and it is not as modern as Snapchat and various other sites. Which social media platform do students bring to the witnesses' attention on a recurring basis, indicating it is a big problem leading to people causing self-harm? Bullying is no longer restricted to school but comes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Unfortunately, we must wrap up the debate because we must finish by 5.30 p.m. due to Covid restrictions and a ruling made by the Houses of the Oireachtas. I thank all of the witnesses and the members for their participation. I thank the witnesses for coming here today and sharing their insights and expert knowledge on the issue. The discussion has been of enormous assistance to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the witnesses for attending. There have been a number of high-profile busts by the Department's special investigations unit which have led to prosecutions. Two notable cases come to mind which have been highlighted, the Philip Fenton case and the Pat Hughes case. Those involved speak of long hours, sometimes days or weeks, spent outside vets' premises or in trainers' yards, with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: That is okay. How many investigations were carried out in 2020?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Perhaps Mr. Drea can come back to me on that. The horse population in Ireland has very much increased over the years so it does not make sense that Mr. Drea would say there are fewer people staffing the investigations unit. That does not make sense to me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Mr. Drea would find it very hard to convince me. Will he come back to me with a number for the investigations carried out from 2012 to 2021?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Is the Department satisfied with the horse racing industry that can regulate itself as it is constituted under the current structures? Perhaps Dr. Smyth will answer that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issues in the Horse Racing Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jul 2021)

Paul Kehoe: Has the independence and gender balance of the board only come to light since we have raised this issue?