Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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956. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a foal may be registered without the foal levy being paid. [24448/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The current Foal Levy Scheme, which was introduced in 2000 on a statutory basis, applies to all thoroughbred foals registered in Ireland. The foal levy is currently calculated with reference to SI 735 of 2011 which is the governing legislation.

The statutory scheme requires the owner of each thoroughbred foal born in Ireland, requiring registration, to register in the General Stud Book through the offices of Weatherbys Ireland GSB Limited and pay at registration time a levy to Horse Racing Ireland. The actual levy payable is related to the generally applicable (advertised) nomination fee of the foal's sire and varies between €35 (where the nomination fee is less than €1,001) and €650 (where the nomination fee is in excess of €30,001).

Horse Racing Ireland is a commercial State body responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry