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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: I welcome the Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders Federation. I have a couple of brief questions that follow on from other members' questions. The federation says - and nobody debates this - that it is the industry's watchdog. However, a number of other organisations around the country would argue that they are also watchdogs. Does the federation represent all the owners and breeders in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: The Morris report. What is the expectation of the Morris report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: I have a couple of questions. Returning to the role of the watchdog, everybody accepts that the Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders Federation is the watchdog. How many affiliated members are there and is there a cost of affiliation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: How many owners and breeders are there in the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: Approximately.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: How many members are there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: My question is how many of that 7,000 does the Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders Federation represent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: How many are there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: We are looking for numbers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: We talked about the financial situation with Harold's Cross. What is the alternative?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: Yes. The first question I asked was on the Indecon report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: The second part is that I still do not know the number of owners or breeders the organisation represents. Is every owner or breeder affiliated to the organisation? Is that how it works?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: Is there an affiliation then, as such?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: My question is how many have paid the fee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: There are a number of questions to be answered. With regard to asset disposal, we have heard much about Harold's Cross but I have not heard anybody refer to trying to eliminate the serious debt of €22.4 million, which is a substantial amount. I am at a loss to know why no one has come up with an alternative way to find funding or a suggestion as to how this issue will be resolved....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: We have heard a great deal of talk about the lack of communication and there is no doubt that it is a diverse group. Everybody wants to go forward in the same direction but, in the context of the introduction of legislation in the future, would it help if a statutory process were put in place? Would it assist the engagement process if GOBAs throughout the country were part of a statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Work Initiatives (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: 177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason unemployed persons who do not have a social welfare claim in their own right, namely, they are classed as qualified adult dependents, are excluded from the Tús - work placement initiative, even though spousal transfer is allowed for the rural social scheme; the reason unemployed persons under 25 years of age who...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Work Initiatives (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: 178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review the maximum 12 month duration on a Tús - work placement initiative, on a case-by-case basis, particularly for social and child care placements, where the service users respond better to staff they know and trust, and allow participants gain the minimum experience required, in addition to their...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Work Initiatives (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: 179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the recent directive that allows self referrals to apply for participation in a Tús - work placement initiative, where the main criteria is that the person self-referring must not have engaged in the initiative for a period of more than three years, given that other community employment schemes have only...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (20 Oct 2015)

Pat Deering: 483. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Carlow was charged for respite care; and the way this overcharge will be refunded. [36392/15]