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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of extra teachers that would be required at primary level to reduce the ratio to teacher to students from 24.5 to 23.9. [29490/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Closures (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 517. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he is addressing the implications for patients and families due to the closure of 27 beds at a hospital (details supplied); and the reason the 27 beds were not relocated to other areas on the campus. [29938/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 784. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff working within the State pension section; the number in each area within the section; and when staff were last taken on in the section. [29491/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I am always glad to acknowledge positives, and there were positives in the delegation's statement, but I take issue with the implication that, before the 2019 Act, a lack of regulation allowed all of this abuse and neglect to happen and the industry was under no obligation to care about greyhounds, and now that there is this regulation, the industry will care about them. Breaches of the few...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The question is about the board and if the funding had ever been reduced. Were the inspections that Mr. Healy talked about unannounced or does Bord na gCon notify the owner before a kennel is inspected?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: A person's greyhounds were being exported and were stopped at Heathrow Airport. Why was that person not banned from greyhound racing? He has proven himself to be totally immune to animal welfare. I noted Bord na gCon placed conditions on his licence and so on but I do not understand why he was not banned from racing greyhounds. I know our guests do not want to comment on an individual...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: My final question is about giving money to the welfare groups which have been working for years now on rehoming greyhounds. They have been doing the work that Bord na gCon says it is going to do now. Why can the board not fund these groups, many of which are registered charities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It might be useful to get the list of organisations Bord na gCon is funding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Did RTÉ make an offer to do a pre-recorded interview?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Irish Coursing Club (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I thank the ICC for the report and there are some positives to be acknowledged in it. However, it is no secret that I am against live hare coursing. I have tried to get it banned and I will continue to try to do that. While our emphasis this evening has been on the greyhounds, there is tremendous suffering for the hares also. We have list after list, catalogue after catalogue, after each...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Irish Coursing Club (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: There are greyhound owners who do not want their greyhounds to course yet they must pay a fee to the coursing club. These are people who do not agree with coursing and do not want it to happen. I do not know why Mr. Histon is comparing beagles and harriers to greyhounds. That does not make sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Irish Coursing Club (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I did.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Irish Coursing Club (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: It was very clear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Irish Coursing Club (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I also sought clarification about the amount collected in fines and how many owners have breached the rules. Is the testing for banned substances carried out only at the finals?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Irish Coursing Club (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Does the ICC test at other coursing meetings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Irish Coursing Club (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: Mr. Histon has not acknowledged the cruelty to hares. It is almost as though he is saying there should be licensed cruelty to prevent unlicensed cruelty. Cruelty is cruelty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Irish Coursing Club (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: The animal can just be injured in the race.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Irish Coursing Club (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I know they do not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Irish Coursing Club (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: I have a very quick comment that follows on from what Mr. Histon said. He did refer to the illegal activity, and we know it goes on. My point is that it is not just one set of people carrying out the illegal activity and a totally different group doing the legal coursing. There must be a crossover-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Irish Coursing Club (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: -----so I want to know what happens. Those taking part in the illegal activity are just doing so because they can. The greyhounds are not muzzled so they can carry on and do what they like with the hares, and we know that the blooding of greyhounds goes on, so there must be some crossover. Mr Histon says the ICC is working with the Garda and the National Parks and Wildlife Service on this....