Results 13,501-13,520 of 28,162 for speaker:Catherine Murphy
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Was there much of a difference in the valuations?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: That suggests that the IGB is carrying a lot of liabilities in terms of stadia around the country.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: They will not be adding to the board's value. Are the other stadia making a loss? Mr. Dollard referred to a difficulty in terms of running costs, were the IGB not paying the prize fund. I will leave it at that because it is a different valuation and a different------
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Does the IGB have a draft of the Indecon report due to be published in September?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: What is the likely date of its publication? It was due to be published in September but, obviously, there has been slippage.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Will the possible sale of other tracks be considered separately? Mr. Dollard stated that the IGB is analysing the footprint. What is the thinking of the IGB in that regard in terms of viability?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Mr. Dollard mentioned the income of €16.8 million that the Irish Greyhound Board receives. The income in 2010 was €11.9 million. It reduced in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, at which stage the income was €10.8 million. It then increased to €13.6 million in 2015, €14.8 million in 2016, €16 million in 2017, the same in 2018, and then a further increase...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: The income has been increasing. The betting tax does not apply solely to horse racing and greyhound racing - people bet on rugby, Gaelic games, politics and many other matters. Only a small proportion of gambling is on greyhound racing. Mr. Dollard referred to its cultural value. I suggest that there is an equal if not greater cultural value in some of the other entities such as the GAA,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: I believe a financial analysis could be done on all of the sporting organisations and it, in many cases, would be multiples of what Mr. Dollard has mentioned there. We will leave that point there. Greyhounds are not treated as dogs but as livestock, which puts them out of the ambit of the ISPCA which confers an extra responsibility. I was not aware that the Irish Coursing Club had...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: How many dogs would Mr. Dollard estimate that covers?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Does Mr Dollard dispute the figure in the report for the number of dogs are born?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: What would the racing life of a dog be?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Essentially, there is a proportion of the number of dogs that are born each year that go into greyhound racing. There is a turnover. A large number of greyhounds are born if one does this estimate over three or four years, a small number of which race, approximately 3,500. There is no obligation for the board to have any welfare responsibility for the other greyhounds.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Will there be after traceability is introduced?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Would Mr. Dollard discourage or agree that there is an excessive breeding of dogs? They make very good pets but they are not the go-to dog for pets.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: The majority of greyhounds that are bred will not come under the contributions to greyhound welfare and the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust. Neither do they fall under the auspices of the ISPCA because they are not classified as dogs.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: As we are the Committee of Public Accounts and animal welfare should not be within our remit. However, when one starts looking at the impact of animal welfare on this sport, it is about the viability or non-viability of the sport when a question of animal welfare arises, which is why the issue is arising at this committee. On the payment of €115,996 made to the former CEO, who...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: The subsequent interim CEO received what was described as fees as opposed to a salary. Why was that the case?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: PAYE and PRSI was not involved as this was the appointee's own responsibility. That was the total fee involved.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Catherine Murphy: Has the amount remained the same or has it increased?