I missed Senator Kennelly's comments, as I was a bit late getting up, but I believe that the Senator has asked me to withdraw or retract a statement I made. Yesterday, I made the statement that the greyhound industry "has a shocking dog welfare record. It is absolutely shocking and there is no transparency or accountability." Hell will freeze over before I will retract that because there is any amount of evidence. There is no transparency. There is no accountability.

Every week, the Senator comes into this House and gives misleading information on dogs.

The Senator will not interrupt me. We can debate the issue. I suggest that we invite the Minister in. I have got plenty of evidence and there is no transparency or accountability----

I will give the Senator more time, but just so everyone is aware of Standing Orders 52 and 53, the balance of those is that anybody who speaks in this House must be conscious of any utterances they make injuring the "occupation, trade, office or financial credit" of the person or entity they are speaking about balanced with the public good. Every Senator who comes in here has that obligation of doing both, so they have to take that into account when they are doing it.

Senator Andrews, if he would like to continue.

I am conscious of the clock. Will the Cathaoirleach add a bit of time?

Yes, I will give extra time.

There is plenty of evidence that there is no transparency or accountability in the greyhound racing industry. The Committee of Public Accounts is already investigating some of the issues related to greyhound racing.

On another issue, Leader, the charred remains of a dog were found in Ballymun last week.

This dog was so badly damaged it was nearly impossible to identify it. Animal welfare officers described it as one of the most distressing cases they had ever encountered. NSPCA animal rescue made the grim discovery on Thursday and said in a social media post that inspectors did everything possible to identify the animal, including scanning for a microchip. Tragically, the remains were so badly damaged that identification was not possible. The NSPCA added that what appeared to be a stick or pole was lodged in the dog's body. This is one of the most distressing cases NSPCA inspectors have encountered. No animal should ever suffer or be treated in this way. The NSPCA's post has been widely shared and commented on, with people outraged and amplifying the charity's call for information. It is very important that the Garda investigates this serious animal cruelty properly and issues a public update. It is really important that some information is given to the public. So far there has been no statement from the Garda and no arrests. It is very important that someone is held accountable for this. It is another example of failure of animal welfare in this country. I would be more than happy to see the Ministers for agriculture and justice come to the House to debate and discuss animal welfare across the board.

On a point of order-----

Too late.

As Senator Andrews has just pointed out, you can interrupt Senators when they are speaking and ask to be allowed to speak but not afterwards.

I learned that last week.

He had to learn that lesson the hard way.

Do not be late tomorrow Senator because every week you come in here and target the greyhound industry and it is out of order.

I was the same last week.

Every week you come in here-----

For the benefit of Senators, Senator Andrews tried to make a point of order-----

He is targeting the greyhound industry.

-----after a Senator had completed their speech. You can interrupt a Senator during their speech but you have to ask permission. If the Senator allows you to do so 30 seconds time will be added on to the Senator who gives way. After the speech it becomes the next Senator's time.

The Cathaoirleach is explaining what happened last week.