Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 November 2022
1278. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department carried out an investigation into the discovery of greyhound remains in a bog in Newbridge in August 2022; if post mortems were conducted; if the cause and date of death and identity of the greyhounds were established; if a search for further remains took place; and if prosecutions are pending. [54945/22]
View answerOfficers from my Department and from Rasaíocht Con Eireann, and accompanied by an ISPCA officer, were involved in the initial stages an investigation of the remains. Post mortem examinations were then carried out on seven canine skeletons recovered from the bog in my Department's Regional Veterinary Laboratory in Backweston Laboratory Campus, Co. Kildare. Rasaíocht Con Eireann is continuing the investigation, including testing of the remains discovered.
