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Seanad: Final Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I will speak in the next round.

Seanad: Final Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: First, I welcome the Minister of State. I particularly welcome AsIAm and a great colleague and long-standing friend of mine, Adam Harris. It is great to see him here. I will take this opportunity without embarrassing him, because I do not think anything embarrasses him, to acknowledge his enormous journey. I have known him since he was only so high and have observed him. His lived...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Acting Leader's presence. I wish to raise an issue I have raised over the past two days. I am again requesting a debate on the hospitality sector. No doubt everybody here has received the same emails I have regarding the hospitality sector - namely, pubs, hotels and restaurants. We received a lot of calls to our office yesterday. On the first day after the budget, I...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (3 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State. He has clearly explained the rationale behind the Bill, which I support. I fully understand the necessity for this important legislation. I thank the departmental officials particularly for the explanatory memorandum. This is a very short Bill containing only four sections. What it involves is clearly explained. Senator Ward has tabled an amendment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank members and our witnesses who came here today, namely, Mr. Madden, Mr. Draper, Mr. McCartan and Mr. Corrigan. I particularly want to acknowledge the presence of Lieutenant Colonel Tom Freyne, head of the Irish Army Equitation School. He is very welcome. I will say at the outset that I have been involved in equestrian sport for many years from pony clubs right up, so I know this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Fourteen out of 1,400 horses competing that week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Could Mr. Madden confirm the number?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I am not very far wrong. We will round it off to 1,400. I am not suggesting the RDS has an axe to grind but it is always difficult for an enforcement body that has oversight responsibilities. Out of all the organisations before us, HSI and nobody else oversees doping testing in the Republic of Ireland. Did that ever come into the witnesses' equation or thoughts? Is there dissatisfaction?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: That is great. Who is the show director?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Was there any involvement, dispute, threatened dispute or possible litigation in relation to the role of HSI overseeing its statutory responsibilities for dope testing for the RDS at this year's show?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: None at all. The RDS had no knowledge-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I want to further tease that out with Mr. Hanly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Does he have any knowledge of any dispute with HSI in relation to its statutory functions for doping at the RDS this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I am not asking you that question, Mr. Hanly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: This is a specific question; I have come here prepared. Does Mr. Hanly have any knowledge of a dispute or tension in the run-up to this year's horse show in relation to the functions of HSI concerning doping at the show? This is the record. This is the Oireachtas, the Parliament.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I would like Mr. Hanly to be frank and upright in relation to any knowledge he has of this matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I know that. I am not asking that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I am not asking that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I will recap for clarity. In advance of this year's horse show, was Mr. Hanly aware of any tension or dispute between the HSI and the RDS in relation to dope testing of horses at this year's horse show?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: So he is not aware of it.