Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is good to hear that a number of horse projects are being looked at nationally, but the problem is the horse project in Cork was talked about ten years ago. It has been in the pipeline and it seems to be stalled. Will the Minister and his Department look to push this forward? Cork city and county councils initially came on board and, to be fair, people such as Valerie O'Sullivan, who was on Cork City Council at the time, really tried to push this. However, we need a champion for this horse project and horse projects nationally.

I encourage the Minister's Department to engage with Cork city and county councils to get this delivered. We are ten years on. The Minister has outlined the positivity potential, both from an educational point of view and an animal welfare point of view. There have been incidences of horses and other animals being left in atrocious conditions.

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