Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 385: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the details of animals exported from Ireland for use in circuses in 2007, including the species, the number, their countries of origin and the circuses to which they were attached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20001/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Information on movements of such animals is not held centrally. Under rules applying to intra Community trade, live animals including animals destined for circuses are certified from points of origin to points of destination. Circus animals generally do not come within the ambit of the computerised EU animal movement system (TRACES) which in any event only holds data for a period of 4 months.