Written answers

Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Animal Welfare

Photo of Gerry AdamsGerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horse pounds that are in operation here; the number of horses that were impounded in each county in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23435/14]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon 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 provision of the Act in relation to stray, abandoned and wandering horses. Local authorities submit claims to my Department on a quarterly basis in arrears in respect of horses seized by them in implementation of the Act. At present local authorities are engaging the services of 9 pounds in control of horses operations.

The following table, which is based on the information provided to me by local authorities, shows the number of horses seized in their operation of the Control of Horses Act in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Since complete statistics in respect of January to April 2014 have not been received from all local authorities, the figures in respect of 2014 are provisional only.

City/County Co'sNo. Horses Seized 2011No. Horses Seized 2012No. Horses Seized 2013No. Horses Seized 2014
Carlow Co. Council18278255
Cavan Co. Council10900
Clare Co. Council50664713
Cork Co. Council14416122798
Cork City Council1235117341
Donegal Co. Council0204012
Dublin City Council342254332128
Sth Dublin Co. Council304379324200
Dunlaoghaire/Rathdown Co Council387612
Fingal Co. Council161145117132
Galway City Council0500
Galway Co. Council528432786
Kerry Co. Council2821377
Kildare Co. Council103130322198
Kilkenny Co. Council91809955
Laois Co. Council185243220125
Leitrim Co. Council40182252
Limerick Co. Council11312313051
Limerick City Council259215222148
Longford Co. Council542523
Louth Co. Council83914542
Mayo Co. Council193200202196
Meath Co. Council838417285
Monaghan Co. Council079623
Offaly Co. Council5906058
Roscommon Co. Council8823566
Sligo Co. Council813489123
Tipperary (North Riding) Co. Council125919264
Tipperary (South Riding) Co. Council285112392
Waterford Co. Council1455921
Waterford City Council7401818
Westmeath Co. Council9610911851
Wexford Co. Council306316397
Wicklow Co. Council138151354126
Totals293629694,7332,488

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