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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)

Paul Kehoe: When the organisation was going into the new format of DNA testing it has introduced through Weatherbys Ireland, would Mr. Duggan as CEO and other senior staff members not have thought of the implications and the time it was going to take to process new applications? I am sure that when his organisation was bringing in new processes, it knew there were going to be delays and teething...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: What I am saying is that Mr. Duggan states that if the breeders had not got the correct information on some of their correspondence or paper, or what ever the position is, did Horse Sport Ireland not offer any mentoring or training, or whatever, to explain that in two years' or in 12 months' time that Horse Sport Ireland was changing the processing and that there would be a need for breeders'...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: The new processes or system which Horse Sport Ireland will be introducing or testing is out for tender at the moment. Am I correct in saying that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: What is Horse Sport Ireland's projections of the processing of a passport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Hold on. It should not be driven by anything. I am sure the witnesses have looked at projections, but they are going to introduce a whole new system. They have to look at what my projection is. They will spend significant amounts of money on this new system. It is out for tender at the moment. If I was in the private sector and was introducing a new way of doing something, I would say...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Dr. Egan said four to six weeks, but the man I spoke to this evening has been waiting since 1 July.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Are any applications processed within 20 days at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I did not ask that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: No, no. This is either a yes or no answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Is any application being processed within a month?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Dr. Egan is head of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: And passports. Dr. Sonja does not know the reply to that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Is any being processed within eight to ten weeks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: All I can say is that anyone I have spoken to says it is taking months.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 240. To ask the Minister for Health the reason CareDoc CIT nurses, who provide a vital service in the region, have been excluded and treated less favourably than HSE CIT nurses across the country with regard to the non-payment of the pandemic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50395/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 345. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the working family payment for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Nov 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 389. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average time it took to approve all afforestation licences, private felling licences, and Coillte felling licences granted by his Department in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50536/23]

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)

Paul Kehoe: I have only a small number of questions. I first want to welcome the Minister and his officials. This is a fund I very much support and welcome. There is a fantastic return for the Government’s investment into the industry. On the greyhound sector, I am aware that there was an issue a number of years ago about the closure of a number of greyhound tracks around the country and...

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)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Minister very much for that. In his statement on page 3, the Minister states that the total value of Irish foal exports sold at public auction in 2022 amounted to over €293 million. Last week Horse Sport Ireland appeared before the committee here regarding passports for foals and their sale. I do not believe Horse Sport Ireland falls under the Minister's responsibility....

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)

Paul Kehoe: I was not inspired by the replies from the officials from Horse Sport Ireland last week. This is a huge issue to many breeders who depend on the issuing of passports. I encourage the Minister and his Department to get on top of this, bring them in and meet them to tell them this is causing huge concerns to many breeders. The Minister rightly said that this realised €293 million in...