Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

No. That statement was contradictory. Either we care about the welfare of greyhounds or we do not. It will be difficult to prevent them from going to certain countries, but Australia can do it. Can we not examine how it managed that? Why are we just saying that we cannot do it? We will knowingly continue to allow greyhounds to be exported to countries where they will be badly treated. It will be left to the welfare groups to try to rescue them, return them to Ireland and point out how, once again, Ireland has failed in terms of animal welfare.