Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 November 2013
529. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of money spent in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 in reimbursing local authorities for the removal of horses; the amount per horse paid to each authority; the reason for the difference in the rates; the number of horses removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50304/13]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department provides funding under the Control of Horses Act, 1996 to assist local authorities with expenses incurred by them in implementing the provisions of the Act. The Act empowers the local authorities to deal with stray or wandering horses. The amount of funding provided by my Department varies between local authorities because of a range of factors, including the number of horses being impounded, the number of horses being reclaimed by owners (which provides a revenue stream for local authorities) and the resources such as pound facilities available to the local authorities to deal with stray/abandoned horses.
The table below, which is based on the information provided to me by local authorities sets out details of amounts paid to Local Authorities in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 in their operation of the Control of Horses Act.
|
City/County Co's |
YEAR 2011 |
Seizures 2011 |
YEAR 2012 |
Seizures 2012 |
YEAR 2013 |
Seizures 2013 |
|
Carlow Co. Council |
12,445.90 |
18 |
4,922.40 |
27 |
62,977.63 |
61 |
|
Cavan Co. Council |
10 |
9 |
0 |
|||
|
Clare Co. Council |
70,637.36 |
50 |
110,056.30 |
66 |
55,141.49 |
47 |
|
Cork Co. Council |
108,389.58 |
144 |
149,952.30 |
161 |
53,672.99 |
159 |
|
Cork City Council |
144,427.22 |
123 |
88,207.04 |
51 |
134 |
|
|
Donegal Co. Council |
0 |
20 |
28,062.37 |
25 |
||
|
Dublin City Council |
391,616.39 |
342 |
237,663.45 |
254 |
176,690.85 |
249 |
|
Sth Dublin Co. Council |
187,872.00 |
304 |
379 |
144,962.57 |
257 |
|
|
Dunlaoghaire/Rathdown Co Council |
61,856.88 |
38 |
25,052.22 |
7 |
32,694.55 |
49 |
|
Fingal Co. Council |
187,902.70 |
161 |
110,648.79 |
145 |
48,428.94 |
62 |
|
Galway City Council |
0 |
50 |
0 |
|||
|
Galway Co. Council |
26,479.06 |
52 |
11,503.25 |
84 |
130,879.89 |
295 |
|
Kerry Co. Council |
99,771.07 |
28 |
88,968.22 |
21 |
34,321.42 |
23 |
|
Kildare Co. Council |
63,160.95 |
103 |
91,100.92 |
130 |
21,374.66 |
157 |
|
Kilkenny Co. Council |
92,790.93 |
91 |
79,014.17 |
80 |
53,415.48 |
77 |
|
Laois Co. Council |
96,582.67 |
185 |
132,446.36 |
243 |
111,050.16 |
168 |
|
Leitrim Co. Council |
14,706.07 |
40 |
20,014.06 |
18 |
5,067.77 |
14 |
|
Limerick Co. Council |
152,294.85 |
113 |
171,593.85 |
123 |
96,647.02 |
68 |
|
Limerick City Council |
361,802.48 |
259 |
307,979.69 |
215 |
68,015.77 |
158 |
|
Longford Co. Council |
624.25 |
5 |
250 |
4 |
8,479.66 |
12 |
|
Louth Co. Council |
27,876.85 |
8 |
18,656.22 |
39 |
55,790.64 |
115 |
|
Mayo Co. Council |
79,932.08 |
193 |
157,617.37 |
200 |
49,452.98 |
143 |
|
Meath Co. Council |
35,703.65 |
83 |
51,519.61 |
84 |
82,958.94 |
159 |
|
Monaghan Co. Council |
109.31 |
0 |
369.88 |
7 |
26,226.24 |
66 |
|
Offaly Co. Council |
48,067.55 |
59 |
0 |
29,555.41 |
49 |
|
|
Roscommon Co. Council |
6,022.94 |
8 |
8,442.80 |
8 |
82,224.07 |
88 |
|
Sligo Co. Council |
44,879.96 |
81 |
30,574.61 |
34 |
29,192.18 |
56 |
|
Tipperary (North Riding) Co. Council |
65,123.86 |
125 |
68,707.83 |
91 |
53,205.89 |
82 |
|
Tipperary (South Riding) Co. Council |
78,675.41 |
28 |
67,209.48 |
51 |
55,172.92 |
89 |
|
Waterford Co. Council |
37,790.11 |
14 |
16,152.34 |
5 |
15,768.92 |
18 |
|
Waterford City Council |
7 |
40 |
41,419.88 |
45 |
||
|
Westmeath Co. Council |
53,129.00 |
96 |
76,689.85 |
109 |
53,206.58 |
55 |
|
Wexford Co. Council |
38,136.00 |
30 |
37,287.50 |
63 |
28,652.27 |
107 |
|
Wicklow Co. Council |
115,823.80 |
138 |
36,518.11 |
151 |
64,269.69 |
201 |
|
Totals |
2,704,630.88 |
2936 |
2,199,118.62 |
2969 |
1,798,979.83 |
3288 |
