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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)

Claire Kerrane: I thank everyone for their presentations and detailed submission to our committee. I was out of the room so some of these questions may have been asked already. I apologise if I have missed some of the answers. I have a number of questions based on the opening statement, the first of which relates to governance. Obviously, the selection of board members is really important for the...

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

Claire Kerrane: I presume that because Horse Sport Ireland wants to move to a skills-based board, there was a good breadth of variety in the submissions it received from those who engaged with the process.

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

Claire Kerrane: How many submissions in total did Horse Sport Ireland receive?

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

Claire Kerrane: Okay. Then, for the next stage, the representatives spoke about an external selection panel. How will they be chosen?

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

Claire Kerrane: Does Mr. Dowling have a timeframe for that next step? I presume that is the next step

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

Claire Kerrane: In the opening statement, Mr. Duggan spoke about the balance sheet being fragile and one of the reasons given was the timing of grant payments from State funders under the current funding model. Could someone elaborate a little bit on that?

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

Claire Kerrane: Okay, that is clear. Horse Sport Ireland carried out a comprehensive assessment of strategies to try to strengthen the financial position and feels that its financial position will, in fact, be strengthened. It will have an impact this year and it will be strengthened further in 2024. What is that primarily based on? What has Horse Sport Ireland done to strengthen that financial position?

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

Claire Kerrane: I will not go into the details regarding passports because it has been raised but, obviously, similar to colleagues, I hear from people who have been waiting months on end for passports. The representatives appreciate how urgent that issue is and the need to resolve it as quickly as possible. I will not go into it because my colleagues have done so. The idea of a new digital passport is a...

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

Claire Kerrane: I have to attend a public meeting online after the votes, so if the committee returns I will not be able to come back.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise on the refusal of school transport for a child with special educational needs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on CAMHS services in the State; if he will outline his engagement with an organisation (details supplied) following its submission which includes case studies outlining issues around availability of services for children with intellectual disabilities, extensive waiting times, and lack of early supports for children with ADHD;...

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

Claire Kerrane: The external selection panel that will select and recommend the most suitable candidates for the board of directors.

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

Claire Kerrane: The Minister knows the importance of increasing apprenticeship capacity right around the State, especially in the context of housing need. He is well aware of the proposal made by Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board, ETB, to SOLAS in respect of an apprenticeship centre in Roscommon, really well located, bang in the centre of Roscommon town, with really good public transport...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide in tabular form, the number of premises connected to broadband under the National Broadband Ireland (NBI) roll-out in counties Roscommon and Galway; the number of customers who signed up to NBI in both counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49970/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Debt Restructuring (14 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance what measures are in place to provide farmers with fair facilities to resolve debt issues and ensure they can remain on their land; what he will do to protect farmers from repossessions undertaken by vulture and investment funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49357/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (14 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 158. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how many times the Shannon Flood Management Group met in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49969/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding the establishment of a transfer/relocation scheme for teachers; what progress has been made on this issue; what is her intended plan to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49268/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a special pardon for family carers who engaged in work (details supplied) during Covid-19, given the circumstances at the time and the small number of recipients who would be in this category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49386/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide his response to reports of biodiversity levels in the Burren dropping sharply in the past ten months; if he is aware of this shift in results occurring since the transition of the Burren Programme to ACRES; if he will outline what engagement he has carried out with farmers and stakeholders in the Burren area in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (14 Nov 2023)

Claire Kerrane: 363. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to the young farmer scheme, if there is any flexibility for farmers who are aged under 40 years and have a green certificate, but who have been on the herd number for more than five years, given that many young farmers may face time and financial restraints in completing their green certificate within this time period;...