Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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301. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a request from a person (details supplied) to extend the scope of the Animal Health and Welfare (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51442/21]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Programme for Government 2020 contains a commitment regarding the prohibition of fur farming and Department officials have been working on appropriate steps to give effect to this. The draft general scheme of the Prohibition on Fur Farming 2021 legislation was approved by Government at its meeting on 18th June 2021.

The primary focus of the Bill is to make it illegal for any new fur farms to be established and will provide for the closure of the small number of existing farm operations. I expect to be in a position to bring the Bill before the Oireachtas in the very near future.