Results 661-680 of 3,336 for speaker:Kate O'Connell
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: It includes spinal cords and other material in respect of which BSE concerns arise.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Is anyone keeping figures that indicate how many dog are landing in for disposal? Does the Department have a raw figure? How many dogs are being presented for controlled or regular disposal? Does the Department keep a figure?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: No, hold on one second. If I have a dog farm or a kennel with loads of dogs and half of them were to die because of a rabid or another virus, who would pay the fee when they were presented at a knackery for disposal? As the owner of the dogs, would I give €20 to the lad at the gate? Who pays the disposal fee? Is it paid by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Does Dr. Smyth have any idea of how much it is?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: I am just thinking. If it is expensive, there is hassle involved and the number of dogs being disposed of is not being tracked by the Department or some other authority, it is understandable we have no idea how many dogs are being disposed of in a dignified manner. We have no idea if people are throwing them into bogholes or bringing them in. Is that the case?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: In terms of the Department's remit, is that not very serious from the point of view of disease control? We had a serious issue at the weekend when the knackeries were closed. I know that it has now been resolved, but there could have been a serious disease hazard coming down the tracks. Has it occurred to the Department to think about taking an approach to dogs similar to that taken to...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: It is not really a hope but a necessity. We track cattle with microchips.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: There is no reason we cannot do so with dogs.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Can it not just be copied?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: I return to turnover and running costs, with specific reference to the catering operation which was making money by the looks of things. We can forget the transfer. It was making money. Why was it decided to home in on that particular element of the business? It was profitable. Clearly, people were employed in it and providing good quality food. Why was that part of the business...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: I am sorry-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: It has been set up as a separate company within the Irish Greyhound Board.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: The board has had to employ permanent staff under normal regulations. How is it looking in terms of costs?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Mr. Dollard has said there was an unsound evidence base for the deferred outcomes report. Surely that would have been evident from the terms of reference drawn up in advance of the compilation of the report, at a cost of €130,000. The evidence base would have been there regardless. How did the board let it go ahead after it had looked at the terms of reference, given that it had...
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: It must have thought it was necessary. No company would take-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Was €130,000 the price before the additional work was added or was it is the all-in price?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: It is interesting that a company would decide to go beyond its remit for the same price tag. The decision probably cost it more money and time. One would have to consider that the company must have needed to take such a decision. Its reasons must have been valid.
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: Does anyone have that information?
- Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)
Kate O'Connell: How do we get it?