Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 March 2023
222. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 862 of 28 September 2021, if live pigs have been exported from Ireland to China; and if, given the related animal cruelty concerns, he will scrap the plan to export pigs to China. [15620/23]
View answerMy Department has not provided any certification for the export of breeding pigs from Ireland to China under the recently signed live breeding pig export protocol with China.
I inform the Deputy that should live pigs be exported to China my Department will deploy its resources towards protecting the animal welfare of the animals during transport.
The Department takes its responsibilities in the matters of regulating live trade, and of protecting animal welfare, most seriously - it exercises close oversight, and deploys considerable resources to the area of animal welfare in general, including in respect of any animals being transported.
