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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I am sorry to interrupt the Senator, but I might ask Ms Eade to refer back to the committee when she has looked at that issue for the benefit of the Senator and the various Deputies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I wish Ms Eade the best of luck during her term of office and in areas she intends to look at or change. Regarding corporate rules, should there be a cooling-off period when Ms Eade leaves her job so that she does not get involved straightaway in other parts of the horse industry or is directly employed in the horse industry?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I am referring to anybody in Ms Eade's position. I am not picking on Ms Eade.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I refer to Ms Eade's targets and issues she will look at. As regards the system used for the cattle around the country, if I want to know where a tag number of an animal is at this minute, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine can provide that information through the animal identification and movement, AIM, system. In fairness to the Department, it is one of the best systems in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How quickly will that priority be achieved? Officials from the Department appeared before the committee about six months ago and we were told they were working on the system last year. We are now halfway through 2022. What stage it is at? Is HRI providing support? How quickly will the system be in place for horse racing? It would address a perception of horse racing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: At the moment, if an animal is in a mart, it is accountable no more than if a horse is racing. If it is with the farmer or in bed and breakfast, the Department knows exactly where it is. Is that the system HRI intends to use and how soon does HRI intend to have it in place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: That does not matter. It is on a computer,
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What does Mr. Osborne mean by saying HRI is working with Weatherbys on this? What is Weatherbys doing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is this the same Weatherbys that when there was a dispute over stud fees gave the books to the stud owner and not the foal owner?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Am I correct in what I said? The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine was involved in this last year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: No. A problem was brought to our attention about when a foal is born. We brought this up at the committee last year. If there was any dispute over the stud fees, funnily enough, the books went out to the stud owner and not the person who owned the foal. Why was that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Would HRI not have been involved in that if the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine was aware of it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Why, then, was the passport sent to the stud owner in this case? One would expect that Horse Racing Ireland and the Department would be aware of that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: In general, if a foal was born by the person who had the mare, it is not the stud that would have it. I am talking about when it is a different person.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: My understanding is that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine sorted out the problems but I thought Horse Racing Ireland would be aware of that. In the line of TAMS, do the witnesses expect that issue will be resolved? They stated there was general consensus. General consensus and decisions are two different things. The issue of TAMS grants for the industry has been...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Going back to the animal identification and movement, AIM, system, the committee in its report was in full agreement that this system is one of the things to make sure there is accountability all the time. Ms Eade stated that HRI is working with Weatherbys and that. How soon is that system expected to be in place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I do not want to know about parts of it. When will the full system be in place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What part of it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: That is grand. I thank the Chairman.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Jun 2022)
Michael Fitzmaurice: 579. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) who submitted an application on 31 January 2022 will be issued with their passport; his views on whether it is acceptable to wait for this length of time; if he will consider making changes to the way that passport applications are processed; if issues with applications will be addressed earlier in the...