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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: No, I did not. I referred to the additional four along with the two members who were already provided for by legislation.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: Effectively, it would mean at least six of nine members would be from the industry.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: Yes.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: The primary legislation provides that one member shall be a veterinary practitioner. The expression is not "may be" but "shall be". I hope that addresses the question raised by Deputy O'Sullivan.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: I propose to speak to these amendments on artificial insemination together. Section 26 sets down the enabling provisions that will allow the proposed Rásaíocht Con Éireann to make regulations on the artificial insemination of greyhounds. It is a recasting of existing provisions in section 39 of the 1958 Act relating to artificial insemination. Amendment No. 7 seeks to...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: Is the Deputy calling for a section to deal with artificial insemination? Section 26 deals with that.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: Section 59 relates to the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011 and provides that only progeny produced in compliance with subsections (2) and (3) of section 11 of that Act, that is, the first to sixth litter or the seventh and eighth litters following certification, are permitted to be registered in the Irish Greyhound Stud Book and makes it an offence for a person to attempt to register other...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: But that is not natural.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: I know that.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: There is no demand for -----

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: Section 26 in this Bill deals with the artificial insemination of greyhounds. Frozen semen is covered in the same way as natural matings are covered, under veterinary controls. It is deal with in other legislation, as I understand it.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: Is Deputy Cahill concerned about deceased animals?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: We are amending the 1958 Act. That legislation did not mention natural mating or natural service.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: It is not mentioned in the Act.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: Is Deputy Cahill suggesting that there should be veterinary control over natural matings?

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: I do not see the need for that. It is a natural process.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: Just to be clear on this, the Deputy made comparisons with the horse industry earlier. To the best of my knowledge with coverings, which are much more common with thoroughbred horses, there is no legal requirement for veterinary supervision of that process.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: Yes, but the Deputy is talking about natural methods.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: I have no idea.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Andrew Doyle: Frozen semen is artificial insemination.