Results 541-560 of 1,798 for speaker:Joe Flaherty

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

Joe Flaherty: In terms of what HSI returns to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, what would that show by department? That would only show where the funding that they gave HSI went? Would it show HSI's day-to-day spending under each department heading?

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

Joe Flaherty: Say, those returns that HSI makes to the Department, can Mr. Duggan share those with us?

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

Joe Flaherty: Horse Sport Ireland is on its road show at present. It is commendable. I referenced some of the queries from the Equestrian Competition Venues Owners Alliance, ECVOA, earlier. Obviously, it is important that HSI engages with all the major stakeholders, and particularly one as big as that. It is engaging with the public in competitions. It is a critical area, in particular, for bringing...

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

Joe Flaherty: For our benefit and for the benefit of ECVOA here today, if there was a request from ECVOA for a meeting, is HSI happy and willing to meet it?

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

Joe Flaherty: That is all right.

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

Joe Flaherty: I know.

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

Joe Flaherty: I know, and I know Mr. Duggan is relatively new in the role. I refer to some of Mr. Duggan's colleagues. When was the last time that they formally met with ECVOA?

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

Joe Flaherty: But when did HSI meet with them last?

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

Joe Flaherty: Is any of Mr. Duggan's colleagues able to tell me when was the last time HSI met them?

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

Joe Flaherty: They have had no formal meeting. We went into Covid in 2020 and HSI has had no formal meeting with that body - probably the largest representative commercial body within the horse industry - in the past three years.

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

Joe Flaherty: I would be familiar with many of them.

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

Joe Flaherty: There is an overlap, but the industry depends on competition and we need competition venues. It would be concerning that it is in excess of three years since HSI has met that body.

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

Joe Flaherty: I suppose the message from today is the need to request a meeting. HSI is more than willing to meet them. It is an important part of the engagement process and the future of the industry.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (15 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on the implementation of the Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28096/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Strategies (15 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he will be taking to support peace and reconciliation at home under his Department's new Statement of Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28095/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (14 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health is next due to meet. [28111/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (14 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Government's response to Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2022. [28109/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (13 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the national reform programme for the European semester recently published by his Department. [28110/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 112. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding could be allocated to the local improvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28216/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (13 Jun 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 771. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects a biodiversity officer to be appointed in County Longford. [28255/23]