Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 November 2023
382. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of surgical artificial inseminations carried out on greyhounds between 2012 and 2022; and the number of those inseminations that were carried out with sperm straws collected from now deceased stud dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49625/23]
View answerThe Irish Coursing Club (ICC) is the competent authority with regard to the maintenance of the Irish Greyhound Stud Book. The ICC has been responsible for the Irish Greyhound Stud Book since 1923 and this was further underpinned by the enactment of the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958.
The ICC has informed my Department that the information requested is not available prior to 2019. The information requested for the years from 2019 to 2022 is as follows in tabular form.
|
By Surgical Implant |
Total Implants from Deceased Sires |
|
|
2019 |
139 |
36 |
|
2020 |
142 |
49 |
|
2021 |
133 |
30 |
|
2022 |
90 |
45 |
