Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 June 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion

5:00 pm

Mr. Michael Sheahan:

I am not sure they have gone anywhere in the short term. There is a problem building up and there is no question about that but there is only a certain amount the Department can do. We cannot force somebody to open up a slaughter plant for horses. We can let people know that we are open to the possibility and if they come forward, we will do everything we can to streamline the process and so forth. It is going to be up to those-----