Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021: Motion (Resumed)

The following motion was moved by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Deputy Charlie McConalogue) on Tuesday, 30 November 2021:

That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021,

copies of which were laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on the 20th October, 2021.

Debate resumed on amendment No. 1:

To insert the following after "20th October, 2021":

"; that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine shall:

- conduct a full review of the Exchequer funding to the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund with a view to examining the social and economic impact of the fund, including the efficacy of the fund in supporting the development of both sectors, the broadest cohort of those involved in both sectors and rural communities; also examine whether the use of the fund to subsidise prize funds represents best value for money; and the efficacy of the fund in ensuring the highest levels of animal welfare standards; and

- report to Dáil Éireann within six months of these Regulations being adopted on the findings of the review."

- (Deputy Matt Carthy).

An Leas-Cheann Comhairle

I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the motion on the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2021. On Tuesday, 30 November 2021, on the question, "That the amendment to the motion be agreed to", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 80(2), that division must be taken now.

Amendment put:

The Dáil divided: Tá, 36; Níl, 81; Staon, 5.

Tá

Andrews, Chris.
Brady, John.
Browne, Martin.
Buckley, Pat.
Carthy, Matt.
Clarke, Sorca.
Conway-Walsh, Rose.
Cronin, Réada.
Crowe, Seán.
Cullinane, David.
Daly, Pa.
Doherty, Pearse.
Donnelly, Paul.
Ellis, Dessie.
Farrell, Mairéad.
Gould, Thomas.
Guirke, Johnny.
Howlin, Brendan.
Kelly, Alan.
Kenny, Martin.
Kerrane, Claire.
Mac Lochlainn, Pádraig.
Munster, Imelda.
Mythen, Johnny.
O'Rourke, Darren.
Ó Broin, Eoin.
Ó Murchú, Ruairí.
Ó Ríordáin, Aodhán.
Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
Quinlivan, Maurice.
Sherlock, Sean.
Smith, Duncan.
Stanley, Brian.
Tóibín, Peadar.
Tully, Pauline.
Ward, Mark.

Níl

Berry, Cathal.
Brophy, Colm.
Browne, James.
Burke, Colm.
Butler, Mary.
Cahill, Jackie.
Cairns, Holly.
Calleary, Dara.
Canney, Seán.
Cannon, Ciarán.
Carey, Joe.
Carroll MacNeill, Jennifer.
Chambers, Jack.
Collins, Michael.
Collins, Niall.
Costello, Patrick.
Cowen, Barry.
Creed, Michael.
Crowe, Cathal.
Devlin, Cormac.
Dillon, Alan.
Donnelly, Stephen.
Donohoe, Paschal.
Duffy, Francis Noel.
Durkan, Bernard J.
English, Damien.
Farrell, Alan.
Flaherty, Joe.
Flanagan, Charles.
Fleming, Sean.
Foley, Norma.
Gannon, Gary.
Griffin, Brendan.
Harris, Simon.
Haughey, Seán.
Healy-Rae, Danny.
Healy-Rae, Michael.
Heydon, Martin.
Higgins, Emer.
Hourigan, Neasa.
Humphreys, Heather.
Kehoe, Paul.
Lahart, John.
Lawless, James.
Leddin, Brian.
Lowry, Michael.
Madigan, Josepha.
Martin, Catherine.
Matthews, Steven.
McAuliffe, Paul.
McGrath, Michael.
McHugh, Joe.
Moynihan, Aindrias.
Murnane O'Connor, Jennifer.
Murphy, Catherine.
Naughton, Hildegarde.
Noonan, Malcolm.
O'Brien, Darragh.
O'Brien, Joe.
O'Callaghan, Cian.
O'Callaghan, Jim.
O'Connor, James.
O'Dea, Willie.
O'Donnell, Kieran.
O'Dowd, Fergus.
O'Gorman, Roderic.
O'Sullivan, Christopher.
O'Sullivan, Pádraig.
Ó Cathasaigh, Marc.
Ó Cuív, Éamon.
Phelan, John Paul.
Pringle, Thomas.
Rabbitte, Anne.
Ring, Michael.
Shanahan, Matt.
Shortall, Róisín.
Smith, Brendan.
Smyth, Niamh.
Stanton, David.
Varadkar, Leo.
Whitmore, Jennifer.

Staon

Barry, Mick.
Boyd Barrett, Richard.
Kenny, Gino.
Murphy, Paul.
Smith, Bríd.

Tellers: Tá, Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Aengus Ó Snodaigh; Níl, Deputies Jack Chambers and Brendan Griffin.

Amendment declared lost.

Question put: "That the motion be agreed to."

The Dáil divided: Tá, 79; Níl, 42; Staon, 0.

Tá

Berry, Cathal.
Brophy, Colm.
Browne, James.
Burke, Colm.
Butler, Mary.
Cahill, Jackie.
Calleary, Dara.
Canney, Seán.
Cannon, Ciarán.
Carey, Joe.
Carroll MacNeill, Jennifer.
Chambers, Jack.
Collins, Michael.
Collins, Niall.
Costello, Patrick.
Cowen, Barry.
Creed, Michael.
Crowe, Cathal.
Devlin, Cormac.
Dillon, Alan.
Donnelly, Stephen.
Donohoe, Paschal.
Duffy, Francis Noel.
Durkan, Bernard J.
English, Damien.
Farrell, Alan.
Flaherty, Joe.
Flanagan, Charles.
Fleming, Sean.
Foley, Norma.
Griffin, Brendan.
Harris, Simon.
Haughey, Seán.
Healy-Rae, Danny.
Healy-Rae, Michael.
Heydon, Martin.
Higgins, Emer.
Hourigan, Neasa.
Howlin, Brendan.
Humphreys, Heather.
Kehoe, Paul.
Kelly, Alan.
Lahart, John.
Lawless, James.
Leddin, Brian.
Lowry, Michael.
Madigan, Josepha.
Martin, Catherine.
Matthews, Steven.
McAuliffe, Paul.
McGrath, Michael.
McHugh, Joe.
Moynihan, Aindrias.
Murnane O'Connor, Jennifer.
Naughton, Hildegarde.
Noonan, Malcolm.
O'Brien, Darragh.
O'Brien, Joe.
O'Callaghan, Jim.
O'Connor, James.
O'Dea, Willie.
O'Donnell, Kieran.
O'Dowd, Fergus.
O'Gorman, Roderic.
O'Sullivan, Christopher.
O'Sullivan, Pádraig.
Ó Cathasaigh, Marc.
Ó Cuív, Éamon.
Ó Ríordáin, Aodhán.
Phelan, John Paul.
Rabbitte, Anne.
Ring, Michael.
Shanahan, Matt.
Sherlock, Sean.
Smith, Brendan.
Smith, Duncan.
Smyth, Niamh.
Stanton, David.
Varadkar, Leo.

Níl

Andrews, Chris.
Barry, Mick.
Boyd Barrett, Richard.
Brady, John.
Browne, Martin.
Buckley, Pat.
Cairns, Holly.
Carthy, Matt.
Clarke, Sorca.
Conway-Walsh, Rose.
Cronin, Réada.
Crowe, Seán.
Cullinane, David.
Daly, Pa.
Doherty, Pearse.
Donnelly, Paul.
Ellis, Dessie.
Farrell, Mairéad.
Gannon, Gary.
Gould, Thomas.
Guirke, Johnny.
Kenny, Gino.
Kenny, Martin.
Kerrane, Claire.
Mac Lochlainn, Pádraig.
Munster, Imelda.
Murphy, Catherine.
Murphy, Paul.
Mythen, Johnny.
O'Callaghan, Cian.
O'Rourke, Darren.
Ó Broin, Eoin.
Ó Murchú, Ruairí.
Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
Pringle, Thomas.
Quinlivan, Maurice.
Shortall, Róisín.
Smith, Bríd.
Stanley, Brian.
Tully, Pauline.
Ward, Mark.
Whitmore, Jennifer.

Staon

Tellers: Tá, Deputies Jack Chambers and Brendan Griffin; Níl, Deputies Paul Murphy and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn.

Question declared carried.

Dáil Éireann díospóireacht - Wednesday, 1 Dec 2021