Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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945. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of emails and phone calls his Department's animal welfare helpline has received in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [48333/23]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department doesn't differentiate between emails to the dedicated animal welfare email address and calls received through the animal welfare helpline. Both these forms of communication generate official animal welfare complaints through our system.

These animal welfare complaints generate case reports which are referred for investigation by authorised officers and appropriate actions is taken, which could include prosecution.

If the public are aware of any cases of suspected abuse or neglect, contact my Department's animal welfare helpline on:

Helpline Phone No: 01 607 2379

Email address - animalwelfare@agriculture.gov.ie

The total number of complaints which generated case reports for 2022 and 2023 are listed below: