Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Horse Welfare Concerns and Compliance with Legislation: County and City Management Association
5:30 pm
Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Regarding the prohibition of horses being ridden or jaunted or pulling carriages on roads, with exceptions, I presume Mr. Condon means that there would be the potential, if that change were to happen, for anybody concerned to apply for a licence. He mentioned Killarney. I know he is talking about the jaunting cars and the roads they use but there are loads of genuine examples. I am familiar with one thoroughbred horse trainer who has to walk his horses down the public road every morning from his yard to his gallop. That is just one example. I presume, with a prohibition, that there would have to be an allowance by which he could a licence or permission to do that.
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