Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Intent: DAFM requiring HSI, as administrator of the DAFM National Breeding Services Scheme, to cease discriminating against the Warmblood Studbook of Ireland::Cessation of abuses of dominant position and discrimination by Horse Sport Ireland in its conduct related to administration of DAFM programs.
Methods: Email
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Emails concerning Irish Young Breeders Program, HSI using the email address of its Breeding Department to promote a scheme offering hundreds of euro of public money to breeders, and Germany's genomic selection program versus the wasted resources spent by DAFM.
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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A memorandum was submitted by email alleging bias in the public procurement process that awarded Lot 1 (Irish Sport Horse Studbook and Irish Sport Pony Studbook) to Horse Sport Ireland.
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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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
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
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
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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