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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: In terms of the IHRB's preparatory work, obviously the IHRB engages with the Department. Has the IHRB found it accommodating to travellers on this road or have its expectations been reined in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: The LGC has beenin situsince 2018. When will the LGC contract end?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Dr. Suann has recommended that this country establishes its own independent state-of-the-art laboratory. Have the Department and racing bodies done any work on that project? Where are we with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Dr. Suann did not get involved with the issue of a laboratory because that was done independently by a UK statutory authority. Did he seek or request to analyse the integrity of the sampling process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Beyond what happened after in the laboratory, did he get access to that information or seek answers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: The IHRB has pointed out that its work is very intelligence led and in some respects that is understandable. However, it may be an operational flaw in that the IHRB depends on legislation. I was struck by one of the points made by Dr. Hillyer in terms of who is identified with testing. So if somebody has a better track record or if they have been tested before and seem to be doing okay...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Good. To go back to Ms Guy, Senator Paul Daly spoke in some detail about the live alerts the board has. How many does it have on its system at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Yes, complaints, tip-offs, alerts or whatever. It is hard to come up with a good term for them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Yes. From the time the board gets a phone call or an anonymous letter, or whichever other way the information comes, what is the average timeline before the board closes off the file?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Good. I have just one question left for the board. I appreciate our guests may not have the answer now but they can send one in afterwards. Ms Guy referred to 2,900 samples. Benchmarking has been done with many other racing industries globally. How do we track, pro rata and per head of horse population, with our international peers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: That is true and I appreciate the progress the board is making. Is it part of its business plan to reach a testing target per head of the horse population? Does it aspire to reach any such target?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Will Dr. Hillyer remind me where we are at the moment with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: What is the figure for the licensed premises?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: That is no problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: That is great. I thank our guests from the IHRB for being so forthright. I have a question for the Department. Passports come up every time we bring officials from the Department before us in the context of animal welfare. Deputy Martin Browne touched on the issue. Lower down the food chain in the horse industry, when we move into sports horse territory where horses may not necessarily...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing in Ireland and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board's Anti-doping Programme: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I appreciate that. The Chair would be used to a better quality of horse than I would be. He is not that engaged with the Ballinasloe horse fair. Where are we with an equine census or how close is it?

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (31 May 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 46. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way that her Department is supporting community hubs for enterprise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24960/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (31 May 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 56. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way that her Department is supporting community hubs for enterprise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18636/22]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (31 May 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I congratulate the Minister of State and his officials on their work on this. It is an outstanding piece of work and probably the biggest piece of legislation the Minister of State has brought during this Dáil. I congratulate Deputy O'Callaghan on bringing this to discussion today. Whether it forms part of the legislation or not, it should inform the first piece of work for the...