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- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: What is the total figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: Are there inspectors going around in addition to the chief veterinarian?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: Were they announced or unannounced?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: Mr. Dollard mentioned inspections on foot of complaints. How many complaints were received year on year from 2016?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: How many fines have been issued or proceedings taken on foot of the 68 complaints received and the 21 welfare cases?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: I am sorry, I did not catch that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: Will Mr. Dollard provide the committee with figures for 2017 and 2016? He can come back with that information if he wishes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: Yes. If Mr. Dollard could provide that during this session it would be appreciated. One would assume Bord na gCon routinely inspects kennels and breeders. How many inspections could a breeder or kennel expect in any given year?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: That is fair enough.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: That is okay. This issue relates to the expenditure of public moneys so they should be here, but I accept Mr. Dollard's rationale for why they are not. What is the optimal number of greyhounds to breed annually? I have read various charges that in excess of 1,000% more than are required are bred. Given the number of pups or animals that are put down each year because they are not quick...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: As someone who knows very little about greyhound racing, how many pups need to be bred to get a successful racing dog? What is the success rate?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: Is it pot luck?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: I believe the report put the number of animals that are put down annually at just under 6,000. We are producing 13,000, are exporting 6,000 and we are putting down 6,000. Approximately 1,000 dogs can be considered to have been bred successfully. Is that an accurate assessment?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: Will Mr. Dollard enlighten me? I am reading a report that says that 6,000 dogs are being put down and Mr. Dollard has just told the committee that 6,000 are being exported. The remaining figure is, therefore, 1,000. Will Mr. Dollard enlighten me?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: As chief executive of Bord na gCon, what is Mr. Dollard's assessment?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: Does Mr. Dollard accept the figure of 13,000 greyhound puppies being born?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: How quickly does Mr. Dollard expect to have an accurate system for recording those various categories?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: Will that be funded internally?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: As Bord na gCon was before the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine before the recess, it will have addressed the issues highlighted in the RTÉ "Prime Time" programme. One of the key questions from the perspective of the Committee of Public Accounts is value for money. One key criterion for any State agency or semi-State body is its viability. From my reading of Bord na...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Alan Farrell: Has Mr. Dollard spoken to Indecon as part of preparing the report? Has it interviewed or questioned him?