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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I presume that is more taxpayers’ money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Regarding the system for adjudicating what a person is worth, is it the IHRB that writes that up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: If someone is getting a redundancy payment, who puts that calculation together? Is it done internally by the IHRB?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Essentially, HRI lays out how it is done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: What is the IHRB’s situation now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I mean financially.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank Mr. O’Loughlin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I apologise, as I was late arriving and missed their opening remarks. I will make a few brief comments. We all recognise the importance of the equine industry in Ireland and the huge contribution it makes to the economy and our reputation internationally. Part of that is about having a proper regulatory structure in place to ensure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Martin Kenny: Up to what scale does Mr. O’Loughlin not need not to sign off?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Martin Kenny: We would like to think it would not have happened before, but it did, and that is why we are in this position. We also need to recognise that there have been issues with documentation. The issue of passports has arisen here before. I am aware that our guests are not directly responsible in this regard but the governance needs to be tightened up with haste because it is a problem for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I know that. I am sick looking at reports.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Did extra money come in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: When the IHRB last appeared before us, we discussed a matter that some members have raised at this meeting, namely, how the IHRB was considering a system whereby, between a horse just running and before the finish, it could be checked from where it took off. Was that ever done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Does HRI have another pot of money from which it can throw more to the IHRB? Is it a fixed budget for the year? How does it work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Mr. O’Loughlin stated that, if something cropped up, the IHRB would flag it. Does HRI have another piggy bank from which it can pull another bit? I am trying to fathom how this works.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I have a couple of quick questions. I raised an eyebrow at the suggestion that the Gates foundation would be more into disease in humans. My understanding is that the foundation is buying up a great deal of land in America and leaving it idle. It is not a fan of cattle, in my understanding. On the research, and I have looked into this a bit, it is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Of the herds, I believe there are 5,000, approximately, and there used to be 4,000. What is the breakdown between beef, suckler and dairy in those herds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: My next question come from a guy would did a fair bit of looking at TB; he was a Department person and he looked at different scenarios. Is it true to say that, no more than there could be a gene for cancer in a person and something will trigger it, all cattle have a gene for TB that could be triggered? Is that fair to say?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Is that factual, I wonder? Some would say-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine TB: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Nov 2024)

Michael Fitzmaurice: Are these bulls of all different breeds?