Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses that were put down in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10957/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department provides funding under the Control of Horses Act, 1996 to assist Local Authorities implement the provisions of the Act in relation to stray, abandoned and wandering horses. According to figures provided to my Department by the Local Authorities, a total of 3,799 horses were humanely disposed in 2013 under the provisions of the Act.