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

Ms Frances MacAodhain:

In 2023, 1,440 thoroughbred animals and 510 non-thoroughbreds would have been slaughtered in the plant. A total of 1,998 horses would have been slaughtered last year. My maths is not great but it may be about two thirds thoroughbred and one third non-thoroughbred.