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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: Do you use AI, Mr. Flanagan?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: It probably would not be wide enough anyway, would it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: What kind of figure is Mr. Flanagan talking about?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: I have a few questions. Are there bookmakers at the tracks? If so, what kind of turnover do they have? Do they pay any levy on the turnover if they are operating as bookmakers? Integrity was also briefly mentioned. How much testing of horses is done? How many races did we have?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: How many of those winners are tested and what laboratory is used? Is it the same lab used by HRI? The next question is about prize money. It was said France was contributing to prize money, but how much money is paid out for those 330 races? The opening statement mentioned the horse and greyhound fund, which is divided 80:20 between horse racing and greyhound racing. Is the IHRA lobbying...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: Have they a figure?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: Do they just pay a fee for standing? Do they pay a levy on their turnover?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: What is the level of positives?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: Performance enhancing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: What about the prize money?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: What is Mr. Flanagan's view on the horse and greyhound fund?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: I do not think I would take anything above the welfare of the horse.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: The welfare of the horse is paramount.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: I accept that but the welfare of the horse is paramount.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: Yes, I think there would be general agreement on that based on what we have heard around the table. We give the witnesses a commitment that we will write to the Minister outlining that we had the IHRA before the committee for a full questions and answers session and we see no reason a tote licence should not be granted to the association. The sooner that is done the better because,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: If the IHRA got access to the tote licence, it would be very interesting to see how the sport progressed. I thank the witnesses for coming in and giving us a thorough briefing of where harness racing is at. The main issue is the tote licence. As Senator Daly said, we will write to the Minister for Finance, Deputy McGrath, indicating our unanimous support for the granting of the licence...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte CGA: Chairperson Designate (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: Before we begin, I draw witnesses' attention that witnesses giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. This means that a witness has a full defence against any defamation action for anything said at a committee meeting. However, witnesses are expected not to abuse this privilege and may...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte CGA: Chairperson Designate (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: Regarding the Coillte partnerships, I have had a good number of meetings with Coillte and various partners. Regarding what Ms Jupp said, lack of communication and transparency constitute the big issue with those partnerships. There a few that have grievances. I have had a lot of interaction with Coillte about them and received full co-operation from the staff. They were definitely...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte CGA: Chairperson Designate (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: I would like a bit of give and take and efforts to sort out those issues. I have dealt with Coillte on a number of issues such as right of way or land swaps. I find the staff to be very co-operative and willing to help. There was a very large project in the north of my county where a significant volume of timber was landlocked and we got an agreement to get access to it. The process of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte CGA: Chairperson Designate (17 Apr 2024)
Jackie Cahill: A total of 50% seems like an awfully high target.