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

Photo of Paul DalyPaul Daly (Fianna Fail)
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It came across very clearly in the programme that the transaction was done on this side. There was another horse that again had a false identity. It was not the horse it was meant to be either. If you remember rightly, a girl fell off the horse because it was supposed to be a calm jumper and it said as such in all its breeding information and documentation. However, it was a glorified thoroughbred. She tried to jump it over small poles and fences and we all know they are not ideal for jumping. Those changes happened on this side and were made by the seller. How can that happen?