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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. Byrne is saying the sheep sector needs an injection of funding from the Minister. Is that putting it clearly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I am finished my questioning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Sheep Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: In the transport sector for food and beverages there is all that different equipment. Some companies are able to be Enterprise Ireland customers and others are not approved. Why is that?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when tickets for school transport will issue to a child (details supplied) who has no other means of getting to school, and who applied and paid for their annual school bus tickets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41505/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Responsibilities (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can clarify which functions have been delegated under legislation (details supplied); if an order is still in place; if not, when it expired and what has replaced it; if he or named persons consulted with the Commission for Public Service Appointments prior to issuing said order; if so, if there is any documentation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rights of Way (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the legal division within his Department will make a decision in respect of a request by a person (details supplied) in December 2021 seeking its consent and-or agreement to discharge a right of way from their folio in order to facilitate the sale of said person's lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41361/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the fodder scheme for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41493/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 585. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 658 of 7 March 2023, when staff from a nursing home (details supplied), which has since closed down will receive their Covid-19 special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41484/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (21 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 256. To ask the Minister for Health if the Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon can now return to the admission of new patients in view of the closure of the church in the facility which has been the reason for no intake of patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40814/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (21 Sep 2023)

Michael Fitzmaurice: 257. To ask the Minister for Health when will works commence on the upgrading of facilities at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40815/23]

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the representatives for coming in. From what I can gather from them, they need representation on the main board of Horse Sport Ireland. What dialogue is going on at the moment? Mr. Corrigan said there is a freeze. Is there communication? Is there stalemate? Funding goes from Government to the organisation, so I am sure there could be influence used. He might elaborate on that.

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is there a board now with the organisation or what is the set-up?

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Can this not be obtained under targeted agriculture modernisation schemes, TAMS, for sheds, the structures and some fences? New things have come in. Is there a list of things one can get, which were not available before under TAMS?

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: When we were being lobbied before, we were being lobbied by the people with horses or by those breeding horses. They were looking for what they now have. It is a good thing.

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. Fagan is saying that the budget Horse Sport Ireland gets should be no less than the racing side of it, so that a certain amount would be given to the different race tracks and that it would have a budget to allocate in order to help the equestrian centres.

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: To be clear, something must change drastically. I do not see how it would in the light of the sports capital grant. There is no point in leading people up a garden path. I cannot see that happening. The way Mr. Fagan is talking is in terms of funding being available to Horse Sport Ireland for the betterment of the industry, no more than for the betterment of the racing industry. That may...

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Money generally buys people. It is as simple as that. Is there any fear of wealthy countries or wealthy people? Do we keep a stock of semen or whatever to keep the resource? There is no point in selling the golden trophy if there is nothing coming after it, to put it simply. Have we a backup plan so that in years to come we will not be looking across the water and saying, "They are our...

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does the Army buy into horses here?

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Was there legal action threatened or something? Is this why the board was decimated or what has gone wrong?

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

Michael Fitzmaurice: Okay. I will turn to Mr. Fagan. I will be clear on this, in case people are out there looking in and get their hopes up. Generally applicants for sports capital grants have to be a not-for-profit community group or a club or whatever. There is no point in someone out there thinking he or she might get a sports capital grant, because the terms and conditions would have to change and we...