Animal Slaughtering

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 September 2022

Thursday, 8 September 2022

Questions (2120)

Paul Murphy

Question:

2120. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 12 May 2022, if the data (details supplied) refer to just those horses sent to slaughterhouses or if they include all horses slaughtered. [42864/22]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The details supplied previously refer to the number of thoroughbred horses slaughtered at facilities approved by my Department for each year from 2020 to May 2022 inclusive.