Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I did not bring any script in case the Minister becomes confused or mixes up his own pages. What is going on regarding animal cruelty?

I wish to know about the money the Minister's Department, and not the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment or any other Department, has spent in the past four years regarding the seizure, impounding and hosting animals, especially horses, that are neglected and abandoned, and in some cases totally mistreated and left seriously injured. A motion will come before the House this evening and it is very appropriate the question is being answered now.

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