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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: Has the Minister been pushing the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to try to secure extra funding for his Department, given the income crisis, to bring forward the €25 million of areas of natural constraint, ANC, payments to support farmers' incomes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Chairman for agreeing to put this on the agenda today and asking the Minister, Deputy Creed, to deal with it while he was here. I thank the Minister for addressing it. Some serious questions need to be answered on the procedures that were used for the unprecedented reappointment of the chief executive of a semi-State for a second time. The Minister's opening remarks did not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: I asked the Minister, when the chairperson of the board of HRI approached him and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, whether he did do so as the chair of the board or on the basis that he was acting on direction of the board? Did he indicate that he had the full backing of the board for what he was doing and that the business plan was being presented with the endorsement of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: Does the Minister feel therefore that the letter misled him?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: It would seem fairly clear that it was on behalf of the board rather than the chairperson.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: The Minister has clarified that and it was a key question. Was it the case that when the first renewal was given to extend the term from seven to 14 years, there was a condition attached to it that under no circumstances should there be a further renewal? If that was the case, the Minister has indicated that in its press statement HRI says the board had mandated a previous chairman of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: Ultimately, this comes down to the issue of appropriate corporate governance. I asked the Minister a question earlier and he has not yet answered it. When the first renewal of the CEO's contract was agreed in 2011, was a direction given that there would be no further renewal?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: Okay. A key issue is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: -----whether it was made clear. We would need further detail in this regard because it is an important point. We need clarification on whether it was made clear in 2011 that there would be no further renewal. The Minister said earlier that there are numerous good questions that we must put to the board of HRI and I agree with him on that. I also have a good question for the Minister,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: The key question to be answered by the Minister, as someone who gives €60 million a year to Horse Racing Ireland, is whether he believes this was appropriate governance? Does he believe it was appropriate that the matter of the CEO's contract was mandated solely to one individual, the Chairperson, that the mandate was then simply inherited by the next chairperson and that that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: While we have the Minister here today, a key question is whether he believes how this was handled by the chairperson of Horse Racing Ireland was-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: Does the Minister believe it was acceptable governance?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on adopting proposals as suggested by farming organisations such as the Irish Farmers' Association and the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association on income tax averaging as per their 2017 budget submissions; if his officials have analysed the operability of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26452/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 155. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a flat rate expense available for primary teachers who teach physical education in their curriculum in view of the fact that there is an allowance available for secondary teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26542/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider his decision not to grant emergency works funding to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26501/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an emergency works application for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26511/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Internships (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 468. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of internships in his Department that might be suitable for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26649/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 684. To ask the Minister for Health when the replacement scheme for the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant will be announced in view of the fact that a replacement has been more than three years in the making and that a commitment was given for this replacement in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27040/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 770. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 16 June 2016, that in order to include a financial instrument as a measure in the rural development plan, an ex ante evaluation is necessary which can take between three months to a year to complete, the progress to date on this task; the approximate timeframe for the completion of this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (27 Sep 2016)

Charlie McConalogue: 790. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the level of financial support available to farmers faced with a positive identification, PI, under the BVD eradication programme given that the costs of disposal of an infected calf and the replacement of the animal is in the region of €500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26702/16]