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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: According to HSI's own report that it presented on today, it says that its balance sheet is fragile. They are HSI's words, not mine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: There are serious concerns then, therefore, about the current funding model. Will the witnesses share with the committee, one, their concerns about their fragile balance sheet, and two, their current funding model? Is that a criticism of the current funding model or could it do better or would the witnesses like to see a whole new funding model? Will they tease that out with the committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Does Mr. Carroll have plans or proposals for, or has he considered, another funding model? Would he like for it to be different and in what way would he like it to be different?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: This is a forum where Mr. Carroll has an opportunity to put his stake in the ground. We are interested. There are budgetary considerations in the Lower House. What is Mr. Carroll's view? Does he have a considered view about a new funding model that he would like to share with us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Has HSI made that case to its funders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: HSI is going to stick with the model, therefore, that is not very satisfactory but is the one it is happy to work with.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Yes, by being a bit more creative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: No, that is grand. I will pick it up in the Official Report. In any event, it is progressing well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I understand that, but how is the finality? What is the time trajectory or the timeline for completing that process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Mr. Duggan mentioned direct financial sponsorship. What sort of direct financial sponsorship is HSI in receipt of?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The horse sports industry is an amazing industry with a very positive story. You would imagine it would attract big international sponsorship, or at least strong Irish sponsorship. It is a good story to tell. Does Mr. Duggan think the public concerns, or the view in some quarters and, more important, in the equestrian quarter, which is the one relevant to HSI, have impacted on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the witnesses and genuinely wish Horse Sports Ireland well. It is a great story to tell and I hope that, sooner than later, we can get more collegiality and support from the key stakeholders, because that is critical. There is potential for damage and fallout from all this if we do not get it sorted, and that is important. The witnesses constitute the board and it is challenged...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I understand, and I thank Mr. Carroll for sharing that with me. I am conscious I had to leave the meeting to go to the Seanad for a while, so the issue of developing an e-passport may have been covered. What is the level of progress or the timeline for that process to be completed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Horse Sport Ireland (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: They are donkeys.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: He is going in the spring.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I concur with colleagues in relation to Senator Norris. I will circulate a copy of the publication in question. The Senator has confirmed that what he said in the interview was correct and that is his decision. He has good plans. We wish him well and we will have another opportunity to celebrate. I thank in particular Senator Mark Daly and other members of the portraits committee....

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House. This is an important Bill. We have had some good discussion here. There have been some reoccurring themes, but it is important when we talk about the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023 that we have some regard for the retailers. There are many aspects and sides to this debate, so I want to talk a little about the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Third Level Education (9 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Thank you very much, Minister, and again thank you for coming to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services Staff (9 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, to the House. Our next Commencement matter is in the name of Senator Maria Byrne and concerns the available supports for student nurses and midwives.