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

Victor Boyhan: Is Mr. Corrigan not aware of that at present?

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

Victor Boyhan: Okay, I have heard all of that. I will finish by saying I am positively disposed to Showjumping Ireland, genuinely. I sit on the Oireachtas audit committee and other State board audit committees so I am conscious of that side of it. Would I be right to summarise it by saying that Showjumping Ireland is asking the committee to make representations? We will discuss this in private session...

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

Victor Boyhan: In a timely manner.

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

Victor Boyhan: The ask is clear. I thank Mr. Corrigan. I know he is full of energy, enthusiasm, vision and passion about this sport and I wish him well.

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

Victor Boyhan: I will tease that out. I am not doubting that. I just want to clarify that. There is a reason for my question which I am coming to. Some pieces of Showjumping Ireland's governance are outstanding, is what Mr. Corrigan is telling us?

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

Victor Boyhan: Why is that and what areas are they?

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

Victor Boyhan: That is great. Mr. Potterton might just touch on that.

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

Victor Boyhan: What sort of funding does Eventing Ireland receive from Horse Sport Ireland?

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

Victor Boyhan: I would not like to pre-empt in any way what might happen in the private session. The witnesses have certainly given us food for thought. At the end of the day, we do not have time now to go through the history of Horse Sport Ireland but the witnesses have given us food for thought. It was a nine-member board and people stood down for various reasons. I want to be very clear because these...

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

Victor Boyhan: Any form of competition.

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

Victor Boyhan: A 10% levy on the prize.

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

Victor Boyhan: It is a significant comeback to Showjumping Ireland at 10% and 5%. I am just concerned that the organisation gets adequate funding. I am supportive of it. That is another form of income for Showjumping Ireland.

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

Victor Boyhan: That clarifies that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister. I thank the Cathaoirleach for setting out the details. As he confirmed for us before, he is in derogation. He is a farmer and knows the experiences, which he has outlined very well. I thank him for setting the scene for something he knows very well personally. It makes it more real because we have to talk about the lived experience. I thank the Minister and his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Has it changed? It is his neck of the woods, clearly identified with him and he was in the shots on RTÉ news. The Tánaiste spoke, as the Minister did, and talked about a constructive meeting with IFA leaders. There was a discussion at the Fianna Fáil think-in, which was reported on Monday and Tuesday. It promised that the Minister and Tánaiste would reflect on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The IFA president, Tim Cullinan, made a very strong case to the Minister to basically stop the talk, get back to Brussels and make a stronger case. That was his call. What assurances did the Minister give him or the delegation when they were in Tipperary meeting the Minister last Monday? Has there been further discussion specifically with the IFA? I do not want to focus particularly on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I am conscious of time so I will keep these questions a bit tighter. In essence, the Minister is not going back to Brussels, as requested by the IFA. That is not his plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Victor Boyhan: It is not the Minister's plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Victor Boyhan: To be clear, the Minister is not heading back to Brussels at the request of the IFA to renegotiate the opening of this derogation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Okay. Moving on, farmers are strongly focused on environmental matters and, in fairness, the Minister has echoed and reinforced that in his comments here today in terms of investing in sustainable products, services and farm practices. We all know that and I have seen it at first hand through the agricultural and horticultural Teagasc training and education centres. There is a real move,...