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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: As Mr. Conroy said, the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform is administering this. That was my first question. How much of the €1.015 will actually be spent? We all hope that no money is sent back given that it is available and needed. We have had many meetings with representatives from the sheep sector. They made strong arguments on how Brexit had affected...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: Is there a definitive D-day as in a closing day for drawing down the BAR funding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: Basically, if the national beef welfare scheme, the national dairy welfare scheme and the bovine genotyping programme are existence next year, they will have to be funded by the Exchequer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: I know the officials do not know and cannot tell me but I asked about the sheep sector. We had a lot of representation from the sheep sector and without becoming an enemy of all sheep farmers out there, I accept what the officials said, that it did not qualify. However, I will find it very hard to go back and face them if it is revealed in 2024 that some of this fund was not used.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: I propose that the committee, based on the information we received this evening, writes to the Minister seeking an update on the status of the schemes mentioned, including the national beef welfare scheme, the national dairy beef welfare scheme, and the genotype programme, based on the fact the BAR funding is now complete, and what their status is going forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Daly: Any of the others can be included, but the beef man is coming out in me in that I would like to know where those schemes stand.

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

Paul Daly: It is well known out there that I have interests in the racing sector as a former chairperson of Kilbeggan Racetrack and a current director. I have horses, although they are very slow, and I have an interest in the sector. I need to put this on the record. Winding back to where we started, and I think it was de Valera who said "before I was so rudely interrupted", we nearly got this meeting...

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

Paul Daly: Is this indefinite leave at this stage? When does Mr. O'Loughlin see him making a return? Is there an acting financial controller or accountant at present? Who is looking after this side of the house?

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

Paul Daly: The official accountant or financial controller is on leave but there is a replacement.

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

Paul Daly: Is that working out okay?

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

Paul Daly: When he was recruited, how was the position advertised? Was it advertised?

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

Paul Daly: He is an employee of HRI filling a temporary gap. Why is the Mazars report looking at six years?

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

Paul Daly: Does this include any former employees or is it just those currently in situ?

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

Paul Daly: Including former employees.

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

Paul Daly: A few people have said there seems to be a very high turnover of staff in the IHRB. Will Mr O'Loughlin comment on this? Is there a recruitment or, perhaps more so, a retention issue? From what I have been told there seems to be a big turnover of staff.

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

Paul Daly: We could make the opposite argument with regard to continuity. I see where Mr. O'Loughlin is coming from. Does IHRB conduct exit interviews?

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

Paul Daly: An exit interview is done with everyone who leaves.

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

Paul Daly: Only this year. It was not there historically. Why was it initiated this year, if Mr. O'Loughlin does not mind me asking, if it was not something done with long standing?

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

Paul Daly: Mr. O'Loughlin acknowledges that the IHRB has what would be probably be considered as a relatively high turnover of staff but it did not have an exit interview policy until this year. The IHRB does not know why people were leaving prior to beginning the exit interviews.

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

Paul Daly: I will move on to the anti-doping section of the opening statement and these questions are for Dr. Hillyer. I would like a little bit more information on some of the numbers in the table. Sometimes I find tables difficult to follow but numbers are fine. Were the race-day urine samples all taken from winners or were the horses randomly selected?