Mr. John McCarthy:

To help the committee with numbers, I refer to the submission we made to the Department on 27 April 2014. In the appendix on pages 6 and 7 members will see two tables. One provides an analysis of horse seizures and disposals, while the second indicates the numbers of horses slaughtered at approved Department and local authority plants in 2010, 2011 and 2012. The committee might find this information helpful.