Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is not clear why planning retention has not been sought. That is not rocket science. Some effort should have been made to get this project moving. Is it agreed that we proceed as outlined? Agreed.

I will move on to the work programme. Next week, on 11 July, which is the last week before the summer break - we are going to have the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in on Vote 30 – Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and chapter 10 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report - estate management in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. A number of areas have been flagged for attention. They are, expenditure on horse racing; horse welfare, which will bring in some of the issues we discussed here recently; the issuing of equine passports; and the systems in place to ensure that racing animals do not enter the food chain. We will also flag the bovine TB programme. Is there anything else members wish to discuss that day? If anything arises in the next few days, they can signal it.