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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Joe Flaherty: It is very apparent that there is a rift. It is a bit like marriage counselling here so I am trying to be polite in what I say, but it is very apparent these bodies are at odds with the governing body. There is always friction between the different groups but it is great to see such a united front in the sector. As I said earlier, we are here on the back of unprecedented success. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Coming out of this, I propose we write to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and ask for a review of the sport horse sector. I am pleased see the representatives acknowledge there is some future role for Horse Sport Ireland, so we might be able to save this marriage to some degree. That is good to see. Such a review obviously needs to take in the different groups here, plus...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Okay, very good. I will give Mr. Corrigan a rest for a minute if that is all right. Mr. Fagan is representing ECVOA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Joe Flaherty: On that, we will reach out to the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, on the sports capital grant and the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Martin, to see if we can do anything on that. I referenced the point that many of our best horses are going abroad. Within the industry, does Mr. Fagan see a mechanism whereby we can hold on to those horses or some way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Joe Flaherty: In the minute I have left I might come back to Mr. Corrigan, with reference to what Mr. Fagan has said about the supports the sector needs, such as tax incentives, bursaries and all that. Has Horse Sport Ireland ever done a forensic report on how we need to support the different constituent parts, including, dressage, eventing, para-equestrian, and given it to the Government?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Is the fact that is the case when we are on the cusp of extraordinary and probably unprecedented success across the different constituent entities of Horse Sport Ireland not a damning indictment of the organisation? Mr. Corrigan may or may not be able to say.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Chairman for letting me back in. It is fair to say we have heard a cry for help today from the sport horse sector, which is founded in a genuine concern among sport horse producers. It is great to see the sector doing so well. The Chairman stopped short of saying it is outperforming racing at this time. It is good to see that. We need to crystallise one point. There might...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Joe Flaherty: Mr. Egan wants to come in but I have limited time left. The committee would agree that sport horse production is the bedrock of agriculture in Ireland. We have a huge opportunity to reposition it as part of the changing face of Irish agriculture. If we put in proper funding and proper incentives for farmers, we can get back to the halcyon days of the Irish draught horse, before the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Joe Flaherty: For the benefit of my colleagues, Mr. Fagan runs what is probably one of the most successful equestrian centres and competition venues in the country. I am fortunate to live a little down the road from it. If I go out my back door, I also have Cavan Equestrian Centre, so I have two of the best in the country there. Anybody who visits those venues or any of the other competition venues over...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizenship Applications (20 Sep 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 697. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application (details supplied). [40132/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (12 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application for citizenship for a person (details supplied). [34563/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (11 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an update will be provided on the outcome of a review request of application for the regularisation of undocumented persons scheme by a person (details supplied). [33595/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how the current social housing waiting list in Longford compares with that in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33148/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on social housing provision in Longford from 2020 to 2022; the target in place for same in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33147/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the speakers for coming in. I received a text message this morning from a young farmer who would not ordinarily contact a politician. He told me as much. However, he told me it was time for us to stand up for rural Ireland. He is one of 19 farmers in County Longford who is availing of the derogation. He sees it as critical to his future. I classify him as an extremely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: If I could come in there, that probably brings me on to a point Mr. Callanan made in his opening statement to the effect that he would agree that the best way to secure a derogation and a future for farmers is through a science-led targeted approach, with the whole industry coming together. Mr. Callanan accepted as well that the farming community will not be found wanting in this regard....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: With the indulgence of the Chair, I have one final question for Mr. Callanan. I do not think it is a case of farmers saying they want to get their house in order. Farmers are the first to say that they are aggressively taking on this challenge. It is not a case of them getting their house in order. Farmers are working very hard to resolve this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: That is okay. I am trying to go through the report. Science was probably my worst subject in school. It is very laborious for me to read the report but, in fairness, I am trying to get through it. Going back to my school days, I was struck by one point, namely, that statistics and science are all about interpretation. One man can interpret 50% as very good and another man can interpret...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality: Discussion (5 Jul 2023)

Joe Flaherty: As Mr. Callanan says, the decision is going to be made on an environmental basis. The key point, as highlighted in figure 2, is that the mean nitrate concentration in one of the monitoring sites was greater than 50 mg. This site was used to supply drinking water. The crucial line states that it has an appropriate water treatment system in place to ensure the provision of safe drinking...