Results 741-760 of 7,670 for speaker:Jackie Cahill
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: From listening to your opening statement, I would say you are fairly confident that all of the available money will be utilised.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: What is being contributed to the genotyping programme this year from the BAR funding?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: Would that get all the adult herd genotyped?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: What about anybody who applies for the cost of the cow herd?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: Is there a funding application in for the infrastructure project that Tirlán is undergoing as regards the cheese plant in Belview, which is being built to reduce our dependence on the UK cheddar market?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: And the infrastructure-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Adjustment Reserve Fund: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: We should include meat factories or whoever applied for an infrastructure grant so we can see what exactly is on the table. I thank the officials for coming in. We appreciate that the Department is not the main body for this funding. We appreciate the briefing. As I said, if there were unspent money, it would leave us all very embarrassed. We appreciate the briefing, and the assurance...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: I welcome to this evening's meeting Mr. Darragh O'Loughlin, CEO of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board; and Dr. Lynn Hillyer, who is its chief veterinary officer. Before we begin, I bring it to their attention that when they are giving evidence from within the parliamentary precincts, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. This...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: I thank Mr. O'Loughlin. The last evening we were here, we had legal advice that prevented us from having a detailed questions-and-answers session. That was beyond our control. We had to be mindful of the advice. I am disappointed that the report on the financial governance of the organisation is not finished. This has attracted a lot of media attention. A CEO retired. According to the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: What was the additional money paid through?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: I raised a question about doping and extra resources.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: What costs are we speaking about?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: Given the reputation of the industry, I would not consider this a large amount of money.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: Dr. Hillyer said there is a focus on winners. Where favourites run poorly, are they also a focus for testing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: If a favourite runs abysmally at long odds, he would be tested.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: Before I call Deputy Kerrane, I note there are 11 adverse findings. Will Dr. Hillyer break those down by where they were found? Were they found at race days, in point-to-point racing or during out-of-competition testing? What tests found them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: Where did these findings occur? Were they at race days, in point-to-point racing or during out-of-competition testing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Jackie Cahill: What exactly was the breakdown of those 11 findings? What tests showed up these substances? Were they urine tests, blood tests or hair tests? Were they carried out before the race or post race?