Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2023
1600. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds named in each of the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [14026/23]
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 of all greyhounds. The ICC is subject to the general control and direction of Rásaíocht Con Éireann.
The ICC has informed this Department that the figures for the number of non-coursing greyhounds named in each of the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023 are only available from 2021. The figures below in tabular form are from 2021 to 20th March 2023. Track greyhounds are not excluded from coursing events and vice versa.
|
Year |
Number |
|
2021 |
9,025 |
|
2022 |
10,505 |
|
2023 |
2,098 |
