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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Mr. Dowling is not sure whether he will have it in advance of that November 2023 date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Will the findings in respect of whether Mr. Justice Clarke agrees that the video evidence constitutes rapping be made available? We have one international equine expert who has viewed the videos and, I believe, gave a report to Horse Sport Ireland, which said that the video footage showed the use of a metal bar that was likely to cause excessive pain and unnecessary discomfort to horses. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: As part of the hearings, will Mr. Justice Clarke have interviewed riders as part of that or will that happen after the findings? In establishing whether they felt they had to carry out this practice, whether they objected to it at the time or whether they thought it was perfectly appropriate, will riders have been interviewed as part of that process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I am not asking about the detail. Will riders be questioned as part of the process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Okay. I know others have picked up on this but regarding the sustainable funding model - again, I do not want to get into the specifics of HR issues - what percentage of the budget has been spent on legal costs to date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: In the public domain, there are estimates of €2 million in legal costs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Would we be able to get a breakdown of the annual figures, say, for the past five years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Okay, great. My final question is to pick up on-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Perfect. I thank Mr. Duggan. In the opening statement, Mr. Duggan refers to the importance of attracting and retaining skilled staff. Deputy Kerrane asked about the number of staff that have left and Mr. Dowling stated that they did not have a figure. Has Horse Sport Ireland an attrition rate, that is, what percentage of turnover happens? Most organisations will know that 2% or 5% of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: On the attrition rate, Horse Sport Ireland stated that it has not identified the number of people it needs to fill the skills gaps or vacancies. Am I correct in saying that Mr. Duggan does not have a figure for the number? Mr. Duggan stated that he had met with the Department around the investment ask, but has Horse Sport Ireland a figure of how many people it intends to employ into the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Finally, it is great to hear Horse Sport Ireland has employed a HR manager now. Are exit interviews carried out when people leave?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: They are. Graduates will do what they do. They get their experience and will go off to greener pastures. Has HSI identified what would be needed to keep some of them from leaving? Is it pay? Is it conditions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Sport Industry Strategy: Engagement with Horse Sport Ireland (21 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I thank Mr. Duggan and thank the Chair.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: There is a recommendation that the report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity should be submitted to the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action. I am just wondering why that decision was made when one of the recommendations contained in the report proposes the establishment of a stand-alone committee to look at the assembly's other recommendations. There are 159...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: It came through at 11.20 a.m. today. I had not seen it either but we got it-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: That is what I thought.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: It is to refer the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss report to the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action. It is on the Dáil paper but it came in at 11.20 a.m.

Seanad: Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: My colleagues in the Dáil have spoken at length about some of the issues of concern they have with this legislation. It is interesting because I worked on the One Health strategy when I was an MEP and one of the things it highlights is the length of time it takes for EU legislation to make its way to national level. There is also the conversation we are having here about the importance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I would echo what Deputy O'Rourke was saying. It is very depressing when I think of what the potential was and how slow we have been in grasping district heating. Dr. Connolly has more or less answered the question about the need to retrofit. While we want to get to greater efficiency, the benefit of district heating is that it is not necessary to have a house retrofitted to a certain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: It might have come up earlier that there is probably less embedded carbon in laying pipes as opposed to installing individual heat pumps. Can this be taken on board? The selling point of needing no boiler maintenance, where the hot water is available without the carbon monoxide, is an important point for households. Is there also a benefit in regard to embedded carbon? When Dr. Connolly...