Results 661-680 of 1,170,044 for in 'Dáil debates' OR (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Holly Cairns OR speaker:Mary Lou McDonald OR speaker:Michael McNamara OR speaker:Peter Fitzpatrick OR speaker:Ciarán Cannon OR speaker:John Brady OR speaker:Niall Collins OR speaker:Eoin Ó Broin OR speaker:Frank Feighan OR speaker:Mairead Farrell OR speaker:Leo Varadkar OR speaker:Louise O'Reilly OR speaker:Emer Higgins OR speaker:Maurice Quinlivan OR speaker:Paschal Donohoe OR speaker:James Lawless OR speaker:Charlie McConalogue OR speaker:Micheál Martin OR speaker:Darragh O'Brien OR speaker:Michael Ring OR speaker:David Stanton OR speaker:Pippa Hackett OR speaker:Róisín Shortall OR speaker:Mark Ward OR speaker:Seán Sherlock OR speaker:Michael McGrath OR speaker:Michael Fitzmaurice OR speaker:Willie O'Dea OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív OR speaker:Jackie Cahill OR speaker:Malcolm Noonan OR speaker:Patrick O'Donovan OR speaker:John Lahart OR speaker:Neasa Hourigan OR speaker:Jack Chambers OR speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan OR speaker:Sorca Clarke OR speaker:Cathal Crowe OR speaker:Joe O'Brien OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív5 OR speaker:Violet-Anne Wynne OR speaker:Aindrias Moynihan OR speaker:Mary Butler OR speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh OR speaker:Peadar Tóibín OR speaker:Seán Canney OR speaker:John McGuinness OR speaker:Réada Cronin OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív1 OR speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív98) in 'Committee meetings'
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Réada Cronin: The funding is approximately €54,000 and the spend is €1 million. This is a big difference to make up. Ms Kenny mentioned the need for proper enforcement of animal welfare legislation and the resources necessary to allow this to happen. What are the main challenges the witnesses face when working with An Garda Síochána on animal cruelty cases? Where does the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Réada Cronin: Ms Kenny also said that earlier, and it shows the lack of enforcement. If it was important that ownership had to be transferred, owners would definitely want to make sure it happened because they would not want to be prosecuted. Unfortunately a vote has been called in the Dáil. I am going to have to leave the meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Réada Cronin: I was saying it really highlights the fact it is not enforcement that shows they do not care about making sure they transfer the ownership. That tells its own story. A centralised ID system for horses across the EU was mentioned. That is something our party would support. Will the witnesses expand on that and tell us what practical supports they believe would be needed to get that off the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Réada Cronin: Legislation on carriage horses was not mentioned in the opening statement but it has been something referred to and talked about in the media a lot. Local authorities and county councils do not have any power in that area. Does Ms Doyle want to make a statement on that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Réada Cronin: Which was before the State was founded.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Thanks.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Thanks Vice Chair. The witnesses are welcome. The committee need to be honest with them on this. If we had an expert in animal welfare, we would be obliged then to have experts in all different things. What the committee has the flexibility to do is bring in experts like the witnesses who have been invited today or to bring in experts who would know the ins and outs of it to give all...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: What sort of funding does the charity get? I missed that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I beg Ms Kenny's pardon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Is the rest got through fundraising?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I assume the witnesses get paid as staff.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Maybe it has changed, but I understood if there was a problem with welfare councils have a vet or a person on animal welfare and the councils were involved in basically rounding up horses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: I will ask whether the witnesses agree with my analysis. Let us say I have a herd number for cattle or sheep. Before I get that, I must have a cattle crush and a proper shed. Is the same thing being applied in the horse industry? There are some places where I wonder whether they have the facilities at all for handling a horse.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Would it be a good idea to have a check? The witnesses were saying welfare needs to be taken away from the Department of agriculture, but in fairness to the Department, with cattle, sheep and all that, it has regular inspections for different reasons for different schemes. It might be worth liaising with it to see whether this could be checked up on. There is no point in someone who has...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: Can people just buy a horse?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: They do not need an equine number.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: There is a bit of a difference going on here. This is about traceability.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: With livestock, if a farmer buys an animal off some other farmer, within three minutes it is all changed over. Everyone knows where it is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: There is no reason it should not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Oct 2024)
Michael Fitzmaurice: How do we solve that? How do we get that education out there?