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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: -----for the licence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: Could the Department publish its account as to how that licence was granted within the three-year period? I asked the Minister whether there was a register of animal abusers so that people who did have convictions would never be licensed to handle animals again, particularly in a slaughterhouse, and I got a straight "No". I disagree with him. He said that the media reported on animal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: Does Mr. Sheahan believe it is something the Department should examine?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: I have just one more question. There were horses on the grounds on Friday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: Am I right in believing they were moved on Saturday morning-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: -----even though the licence was revoked on Friday and the abattoir was told to cease operating? Those horses are still in the care of the owner of Shannonside Foods. Should they be seized on animal welfare grounds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: I asked the Minister whether he would do that. Is that afoot?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: I understand. I am grateful they are still here. There have been 641 thoroughbreds slaughtered so far this year, as reported in The Irish Mirror last week. Thoroughbreds are not bred for slaughter like other animals in the food chain. They are bred for racing. I will not ask the witnesses from HRI whether they would be embarrassed about that, as I know that the horse racing industry is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: Some would die or be put to sleep in a humane way, but I am asking about the numbers being slaughtered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: Does Mr. Osborne believe that, in receiving taxpayers’ money, there is a duty of care on the industry to have a birth-to-death plan for the horses that make it a great deal of money?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: I know many of them. I live in Kildare, and I know many people who work in the equine industry, who love their horses and who were horrified by what they saw. There is a duty of care and this is a matter that HRI should consider. Kildare is the thoroughbred county. Ireland’s reputation and our care of horses, particularly in Kildare, are important to those who make money and a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: Is it something that Mr. Sheahan might discuss examining with the Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: I have a question for HRI.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UCD Ukraine Trauma Project: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: I thank everyone for coming in today. Maith sibh go léir. We can be proud of, and grateful for, the expertise they have shared with the world. There is so much war going on at the moment and with the jingoism behind war, it is easy to forget how fragile humanity is and humans are when they are in the firing line of all this weaponry made by the weapons industry. I am glad that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UCD Ukraine Trauma Project: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: I thought I recognised Mr. Kelly. I know who he is now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UCD Ukraine Trauma Project: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: I thank Professor Bury.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UCD Ukraine Trauma Project: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: I thank Professor Fitzpatrick. I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UCD Ukraine Trauma Project: Discussion (25 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: It shows how the arts can help as well in dealing with trauma, creating something out of something so horrible as a bullet. I agree with the witnesses in that we do have a great tradition in Ireland of volunteerism and the GAA is a huge example. We have the Maynooth community first responders in my own community who are all volunteers. As we use our political capital in the world to speak...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (25 Jun 2024)

Réada Cronin: 314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location to which horses at a facility (details supplied) were transported; the conditions in which they were transported; for what purpose they were transported; if their safety and current location have been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26910/24]