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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: Would Dr. Hillyer take blood from a two-year-old before its first time on the track?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: Is that not another argument in favour of hair?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: Does the owner or trainer have any recourse if, for example, a sample is taken in Dundalk from a two-year-old before a race, it gets upset in the stables and the trainer says, "What do you expect, poking needles into it a couple of minutes before the race?" Does the IHRB have all the rights?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: It could get upset after.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: Some two-years-olds find it very hard going into the stalls without a needle being poked into them a couple of minutes before that as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: I would appreciate the figures, as promised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: Both inspections and out-of-competition testing are unannounced.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: Recommendations Nos. 20 and 21 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: Is the Senator pressing the recommendation?

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: Recommendations Nos. 26 and 38 to 40, inclusive, are related and may be taken together. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: The Senator is speaking to a grouping. Does he wish to mention recommendations Nos. 38 to 40, inclusive?

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: Okay.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: Recommendation No. 27 in the names of Senators Gavan, Boylan, Warfield and Ó Donnghaile is out of order as it involves a potential charge on Revenue.

Seanad: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: Recommendations Nos. 29 and 30 are related and shall be discussed together by agreement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: I welcome the witnesses. As Senator Boylan stated, based on the brief we got the discussion I thought we were coming in to talk about is the impact of rising veterinary costs and dog ownership surrenders and abandoned dogs and the opening statements only skirted around that issue. There is not really a whole lot to say about it. Without being flippant or smart, I could not help thinking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: The witnesses were in the process of answering my questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: I have the information here but it is embargoed and I do not want to spill the beans. I would get myself into trouble.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: An Rialálaí Agraibhia: Engagement with Chairperson Designate (6 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: I welcome Mr. Healy and Ms Lenehan and congratulate them both on their new positions. I wish them the best of luck. I will be brief because I know the Chair had a lot of contenders to be the first out of the traps and Deputy Fitzmaurice seems to be in a hurry. In asking my first question, I do not mean to put Mr. Healy on the spot. This is not Mr. Healy's first rodeo. He was before the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Schemes (12 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, to the Chamber. Our first commencement matter is from Senator Boyhan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Paul Daly: I welcome the witnesses. For what it is worth, in another world I breed purebred Angus cattle. It is important to put that on the record. What I have been told since the confusion of this episode arose is that it would suit me, but I am still not jumping out of my chair and I do not think it will suit anybody. While I was gesturing a minute ago, Mr. Coughlan said farmers were ringing...