Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Equine Welfare: My Lovely Horse Animal Rescue

Mr. Eoin Cullen:

On the local authorities, they are willing to help us out. Unfortunately, one of the biggest issues for us is that we are not authorised officers. We do not have an authorised officer but that is something we would love to get involved in.

One of the questions was around education, who we are educating and whether we would be interest in a travelling road show. We would be 100% interested in that. In terms of who we are educating, we go into schools. We have been invited into number of schools to give talks. As Ms Kenny said, youth clubs from the Dublin 8 area have visited our centre. They met farriers and dentists who have tried to educate them on how to take care of a horse, what is needed and what is involved. We have given presentations to the Traveller community and to gardaí too. We are trying to educate a broad variety of people. Getting involved in travelling around the country and visiting schools is something we would love to do. We would love to be involved in that.