Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 June 2013
211. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate reports of cockfighting in County Monaghan and request footage of the incident from the Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. [31006/13]
View answerI have referred this matter for investigation to An Garda Síochána. Provisions relating to prohibition on animal fighting, including cock-fighting, are set out at Section 15 of the new Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (which makes it an offence for a person to organise, take part in, or be present at an animal fight or performance).
