Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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1270. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dogs exported from Ireland for commercial sale in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11586/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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Commercial movement of pets is defined where a pet, or pets, is either travelling unaccompanied, or is travelling for the use of trading, or for shows, sporting events or where an owner has more than 5 pets travelling.

The number of dogs exported commercially from Ireland in the past five years are listed in the tabular form below:

My Department cannot comment on whether these commercial exports were subsequently listed for sale as that is in another jurisdiction.