Results 181-200 of 1,876 for speaker:Paul Daly
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: To be honest, it is a pity it was not included in the table initially because it is a little misleading. If that information could be forwarded to members, I would appreciate it. I have done my own analysis. At a previous meeting we discussed in detail Dr. Suann's report. I appreciate it was done during the Covid period, but at the time, I had issues with the fact he was based in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: With regard to the pre-race testing, I presume all samples go to a laboratory and there is no on-the-spot testing, litmus paper testing or anything. If a pre-race test is done, the horse still goes on and runs anyway. Is there a waiting time to get the result or does IHRB have the facilities to produce an on-the-spot indication? I remember, from science in school, that a litmus paper test...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: In that scenario, if the initial, as l call it, litmus paper test rings alarm bells or indicates that a more analytical test is needed that involves the sampling of hair, blood or whatever, is that horse still allowed to run in the race?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: Even though there may be a question mark over it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: Pre-race.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: When was pre-race testing introduced?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: Has any horse ever been sanctioned on the back of pre-race testing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: What is being tested for in those samples?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: There has not been one negative or positive, whichever way you want to look at it, from a pre-race test since it was introduced-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: ------in over 600 tests?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: Has that been done at every racetrack?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: Is there a vet present for every test?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: And the IHRB, as an organisation, has enough vets in its employment to be able to do that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: Does the IHRB have enough vets in its employment at the minute to do what it does, or is there subcontracting?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: So there is always an IHRB vet present when a sample is being taken on a track or in a stable yard.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: I know that, but is it an actual IHRB-employed veterinary officer doing that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: A full-time employed veterinary officer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: How many full-time dedicated vets who do not have any other interests outside of their jobs are on the IHRB's books?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: It is Dr. Hillyer and three others.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)
Paul Daly: How many vets does the IHRB have on a part-time basis?