Animal Welfare

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 5 July 2018

Thursday, 5 July 2018

Questions (291)

Clare Daly

Question:

291. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 187 of 25 April 2018 and 20 June 2018, the cause of the horse deaths, that is, injury, heatstroke, heart failure, respiratory failure and so on; the names of the horses; the dates on which the horses died; if the horses died or were destroyed; and the method of euthanasia. [29812/18]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) is a commercial State Body responsible for the overall administration, promotion and development of the horse racing industry. The question raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for HRI.

I will request officials in my Department to refer the question to Horse Racing Ireland for direct reply to the Deputy.