Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 October 2022
368. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of veterinarian surgeons on the approved inseminators register of an organisation (details supplied); and if any veterinarians have had their insemination licence revoked by the organisation. [48802/22]
View answerCoursing is regulated under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958, chiefly by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC), subject to the general control and direction of Rásaíocht Con Éireann. Hare coursing is managed and regulated by the Irish Coursing Club (ICC). The organisation consists of 89 affiliated clubs from Ireland and Northern Ireland, all of whom must abide by the ICC’s rules and regulations.
The ICC has informed this Department that there are three veterinary practitioners registered as approved inseminators and there is one application pending. There have been no licence revocations.
