Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Sinead McPhillips (Assistant Secretary), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: A review of perceived and actual bias in competition for Studbook Services caused by the appointment of two conflicted and two highly conflicted individuals to the Evaluation Committee.
Methods: Email
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Tender for Studbook Services
Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Proper oversight and regulation of HSI by DAFM.
Methods: Email
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A letter to DAFM
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cc'ing the Minister
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concerning irregularities in a passport issued by Horse Sport Ireland that have implications for the integrity of the identification process and the human food chain.
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Unknown
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Politician(s) lobbied: Charlie McConalogue (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: WSI would like DAFM to properly monitor its agent, Horse Sport Ireland, to prevent and ameliorate abuses of HSI's dominant position.
Methods: Email
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Horse Sport Ireland's Alleged Abuses of Dominant Position vis-a-vis Public Funding
Politician(s) lobbied: Charlie McConalogue (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Paul Kehoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Joe Flaherty (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Brian Stanley (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (Minister), Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform; John McGuinness (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: DAFM to require HSI to cease abusing its dominant position, to cease attempting to secure illegal State aid, and to cease soliciting and accepts payments and other benefits in addition to payments made by DAFM for HSI's back-office administration of the NBS Scheme.
Methods: Email
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Horse Sport Ireland abusing its dominated position as administrator of the DAFM National Breeding Services Scheme; DAFM allegedly violating State aid regulations concerning the e-Passport Scheme; and HSI allegedly benefitting from NBS Scheme above and beyond payments received from DAFM for back-office administration of the Scheme
Politician(s) lobbied: Charlie McConalogue (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: Minister to require HSI to stand-down from this abuse of its dominant position.
Methods: Email
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Horse Sport Ireland Attempted Take-Over of DAFM Studbook Series from Showjumping Ireland
Politician(s) lobbied: Charlie McConalogue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Charlie McConalogue (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Paul Kehoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Appropriate use of public funds, transparency, maintenance of integrity of the public procurement system with respect to the National Breeding Services Scheme, operated by Horse Sport Ireland, and the Marketing and Promotion Scheme, operated by the Irish Horse Board.
Methods: Email
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Horse Sport Ireland's use of public funds provided by DAFM
Politician(s) lobbied: Unknown
Intent: Unknown
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Politician(s) lobbied: Charlie McConalogue (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: DAFM support of prohibited substances testing to ensure integrity of stallion inspection systems.
Methods: Event / Reception
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Advocate for DAFM financial support through the Breeding Services Scheme of testing for prohibited substances during stallion approval processes conducted by various studbooks.
