Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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834. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of horses slaughtered to date in 2024; the number of horses that have been slaughtered since Shannonside was closed; and the details of where they are now being slaughtered. [44317/24]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The number of horses slaughtered to date in 2024 is 919. The licence of Shannonside Foods was revoked on animal welfare and equine traceability grounds; no horses have been slaughtered in Ireland since then and the plant remains closed. There is currently no equine slaughter facility on the island of Ireland.