Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 March 2022
857. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of surgical artificial inseminations carried out on greyhounds between 2019 and 2021; and the number of those inseminations that were carried out with sperm straws collected from now deceased stud dogs. [15919/22]
View answerThe Irish Coursing Club (ICC) is the organisation charged with the role of Keeper of the Irish Greyhound Stud Book (IGSB) since 1923. The Stud Book records pedigrees, ownerships, breeding data and transfers of ownership primarily of all greyhounds. The ICC is subject to the general control and direction of Rásaíocht Con Éireann.
The ICC has provided the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with the information contained in the table below detailing the number of surgical artificial inseminations carried out on greyhounds between 2019 and 2021 and the number of those inseminations that were carried out with sperm straws collected from now deceased stud dogs.
Number of surgical artificial inseminations
|
- |
Frozen Semen Insemination Matings |
Deceased Sires |
|
2019 |
312 |
30 |
|
2020 |
402 |
24 |
|
2021 |
452 |
27 |
