Tom Neville (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a scrappage scheme for horses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29656/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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There are no plans to introduce a disposal scheme for horses.

The oversupply situation that pertained in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis no longer exists with slaughtering increasing by 33% in the period January to September 2016 compared to the same period in 2015 and the export of horses to other European countries increasing by nearly 100% for the same period. In view of the foregoing, there is no justification for the introduction of a horse cull in Ireland.