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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: Is Mr. Madden aware of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: That would include a senior member of what I would call the passport team.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: Would it be fair to say based on the experience of the last two years in particular that breeders are leaving the market?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: Obviously, we have great respect for the RDS and for the Dublin Horse Show in particular given our historical connection and the fact that the very first horse show was held on the gardens of Leinster House beside Merrion Square. We have great affinity with the RDS. Would Mr. Madden say we were at a crisis in the sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: As representative of the various establishments around the country, would Mr. McCartan say they were disappointed at this juncture at the Department of agriculture's failure to intervene in this situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. McCartan very much. I will come back to Mr. Draper and Mr. Madden. With regard to the Brexit adjustment funding and the €600,000 for the new passport system that was allocated to Horse Sport Ireland, are the witnesses hearing that there are glitches and issues within that system to the point that it can get as far as issuing a DNA ID kit, but there are issues with it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: No passport has been issued on the new system. How long has the new system been up and running?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: Would every one of those 16 foals have had to pay the additional €150?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: I will conclude on one point, and it is not a question. We have had €600,000 allocated for a new passport system. I know it is not on a par with a bike shed or a security hut, but it is still €600,000 of public money that has been given for a system that we are being told has to date not issued a passport. It is alarming for us. As I said, we will discuss it in private, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: Does that give Mr. Madden cause for concern about the operation and administration of horse passports in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: I appreciate we are over time so I am thankful to the Chairperson for letting me back in. We are in the twilight of this Government. We have been hearing these issues for more than a year and it is deeply troubling. We are seeing no light at the end of the tunnel. I propose that the committee writes to the Minister for agriculture and asks him to appoint independent consultants to do a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider an amnesty for motorists who have expired paper-based licences (details supplied) and allow them to have a learner permit without the theory test requirement. [40090/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the situation between Iran and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40571/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (10 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the situation in Lebanon; the discussions he has had with his European Union counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40572/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: Our retained firefighters came off the picket lines recently in anticipation of a decent financial resolution for their claim. They set great faith in our commitments to them, but it is fair to say that they are less than enthused by discussions at the WRC. As it stands, the offer to them is €750. That is a derisory amount; no more than €14 a week. I have met several...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: I have to raise the case of a Longford family in the midst of the deepest, darkest crisis at the moment. Over the last number of months their 16-year-old son Jacob has subjected his parents to unrelenting violence. He has wrecked the family home, wrecked the family car and in recent weeks his three siblings have been dispatched to relatives and friends for their own personal safety. I...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (22 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is any provision for an ex section 38 staff member to bring their grade and pension with them when taking up a post in a Government department (details supplied). [43225/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (23 Oct 2024)

Joe Flaherty: 40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his response to issues (details supplied) for retired workers in An Post; the estimated full-year cost of increasing An Post pensions in 2025 by an amount equivalent to the increase in the State contributory pension next year; the average annual increase in An Post pensions since 2013; and if he will make a statement...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Joe Flaherty: Members now have the option of being physically present in the committee room or may join the meeting via MS Teams from their Leinster House offices. Members may not participate in the meeting from outside the parliamentary precincts. It is important to note that in order to participate in a division in committee, members must be physically present in the committee room. If joining on...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Joe Flaherty: We will now take questions from the members. My nearest neighbour, Deputy Kenny, is first in.