Results 561-580 of 1,045,597 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Joe Costello OR speaker:Brian Stanley OR speaker:Micheál Martin) in 'Committee meetings'
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine had staff on-site at the plant. It was said there was cruelty at the farm attached, but it was actually in the same complex. The programme showed it was in the same yard. The building is adjacent to the slaughterhouse; that is the reality. The farm is connected and not down the road somewhere. We have established that much. There were...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: What happens when there is a deficiency regarding passport and traceability requirements? Do departmental officials go in straightaway?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: Questions have been asked about what happens to the meat from slaughtered animals. We understand it goes to France. Can Mr. Blake tell me the position on former racehorses, which I understand are not suitable for human consumption? Can he state categorically that no meat from horses slaughtered at the plant and formerly in the horse racing industry was exported to the European market?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: I know that, but what happens to the meat?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: So, old racehorses could have been used.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: The licence for this plant was revoked. I understand the certificate regarding animal welfare has been revoked. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: Is that regarding somebody who would have a role in animal welfare?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: That has been revoked, so all is good with that. However, the horses were moved. Were they moved with the Department's approval?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: They have been moved.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: For legal reasons, Mr. Blake is not able to clarify whether they were moved with Department approval or not.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: For legal reasons, Mr. Blake is not able to clarify this morning whether they have been moved with Department approval.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: There is just something peculiar about it. I would have thought in a situation like that, the horses would be seized, and that once that came to light, the Department would move straight away. I have seen the Department seizing animals before very quickly.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: Would that normally be the default position, though? I do not want to be too specific about this but generally when there is a question of serious animal cruelty-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: What was shown on TV would not lead to concerns that there might be an immediate threat to animal welfare. The Department made a judgment not to seize the animals. That means what was shown on the "RTÉ Investigates" programme was not judged to be of an extent that there was an immediate threat to animal welfare on that particular farm complex.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: I understand that.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: I know that. I am just trying to establish a pattern. The horses were not seized by the Department.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: Would I be correct in saying that where serious animal welfare concerns are raised regarding the treatment of animals, and it is within buildings or on lands, the Department will regularly seize those animals?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2022 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Jul 2024) Brian Stanley: I have seen it.