Written answers
Thursday, 22 March 2018
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Horse Slaughtering Data
Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses slaughtered for human consumption in 2017 by studbooks (details supplied); and the age and gender of the 7,260 horses slaughtered for the food chain in 2017. [13338/18]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The following table provides details of the numbers of horses slaughtered for human consumption at Department-approved slaughter establishments over the past number of years. Records maintained by my Department do not indicate the age and gender of each animal:
Year | Horses |
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2012 | 24,362 |
2013 | 10,711 |
2014 | 7,602 |
2015 | 6,033 |
2016 | 7,618 |
2017 | 7,748 |
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