Written answers
Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Animal Welfare
Thomas 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]
Charlie 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 | |
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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 |
Thomas 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]
Charlie 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 |
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2019 | 1050 |
2020 | 819 |
2021 | 477 |
2022 | 326 |
2023 | 432 |
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