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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: Deputy Butler, refrain. Speak through the Chair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: Yes, because we have two more sessions. I should point out we must vacate this room at 5.15 p.m. and consequently, I ask members to try to get to the point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: There are some comments and questions for the Minister of State. We will try to finish in ten minutes if we can, as we have two other groups coming in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: Thank you. I will bring this session to a conclusion. The committee was anxious to address this issue but we were waiting for the heads of the Bill to be prepared so we could discuss them. However, we were given to understand that it might not happen until next year so we decided to go ahead. The Minister might not be able to stay but we will be talking to two other stakeholders and the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: I understand.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: When we have heard from the other two groups we will draft a preliminary list of findings. It will be a report on our hearings with, hopefully, some recommendations that will be helpful in informing the drafting of the Bill. It is probably not a bad idea that we do this now instead of when the Bill is drafted. We will suspend for a couple of minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: That was the plan. For everybody's information, we took a decision that if it was not going to be drafted for pre-legislative scrutiny until the new year, then because of an election, even on the last possible date an election could be held, we would not get a chance to have a proper look at it. If it is published before Christmas, we will act on it before Christmas.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: The exercise we are undertaking will help us. I thank the Minister of State and his officials.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: I welcome, from the Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders Federation, Ms Brigid Frank, chairperson, Mr. Edward Gus Ryan, honorary vice-president, Mr. Tony Walsh, delegate for Mullingar Greyhound Owners and Breeders Association, GOBA, and Ms Brenda Powderly, secretary, and thank them for appearing before the committee to discuss the greyhound racing industry in Ireland. Before we begin, I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: I thank Ms Frank. I presume her colleagues are also available to answer questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: Ms Frank has been before the committee in the past so she will understand the format.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: If that is all the questions, I will allow Mr. Ryan to respond first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: We have 45 minutes. I ask Mr. Ryan to keep moving through the issues as we are under time pressure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: There were a couple of questions. Does the Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders Federation have any members on the IGB?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: It has no members on the IGB.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: The Minister of State suggested here earlier about including quarterly meetings on a statutory basis. Do you agree with that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: To be clear on this, we were pleasantly surprised to hear today that the heads of the Bill will be available before Christmas. The reason we moved now was because we had to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: There is a lot of material to deal with, as the witnesses can gather. The purpose of the exercise here is to allow us to feed into the process of the drafting of that Bill. Have I missed a question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: If the witness cannot get them, can he-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Industry: Discussion (20 Oct 2015)
Andrew Doyle: Each association the Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders Federation represents. It is a mother organisation, in other words.