Written answers

Wednesday, 10 July 2024

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Animal Welfare

Photo of Thomas GouldThomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to Cork City Council for the control of horses in each of the first six months of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [30182/24]

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Control of Horses Act 1996, Local Authorities may take a range of actions in relation to equines. My Department provides financial support to help Local Authorities to, among other activities, facilitate equine seizures.

Please see the below table which sets out details of funding provided to Cork City Council as supports towards the Control of Horses in each of the first six months of the years 2019 to 2024.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
January €0 €0 €0 €0 €0 €0
February €0 €600.00 €0 €0 €2,100.00 €600.00
March €375.00 €0 €0 €950.00 €0 €0
April €0 €0 €0 €0 €0 €0
May €0 €0 €0 €0 €1,375.00 €0
June €2,200.00 €0 €575.00 €600.00 €0 €1,125.00
TOTAL €2,575.00 €600.00 €575.00 €1,550.00 €3,475.00 €1,725.00

Photo of Thomas GouldThomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses seized under the Control of Horses Act 2015 in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [30200/24]

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The number of horses seized under the Control of Horses Act 1996 in each of the past five years, based on the data provided to my Department by local authorities, is set out in the table below.

Horses Seized by Year Amount
2019 1050
2020 819
2021 477
2022 326
2023 432

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