452. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding allocated by Rásaíocht Con Éireann to their two dedicated care homes (details supplied) in 2025 and the number of non-coursing greyhounds homed by the operators of these two care homes both domestically and internationally in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13479/26]
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453. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of money given to private rehoming organisations by Rásaíocht Con Éireann/Irish Retired Greyhound Trust in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13480/26]
454. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the two increases in prize money announced by Rásaíocht Con Éireann since October 2025, and the absence of an increase in budgetary funding to this organisation in Budget 2026 means that spending on greyhound welfare, specifically in relation to amounts allocated by Rásaíocht Con Éireann to their homing programme (details supplied), w…
489. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the ‘reported deceased’ figure of 2,571 for non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021 (details supplied) represents all deaths recorded in both the Irish Coursing Club Stud Book, and on Rásaíocht Con Éireann’s traceability system; the cause of death for all 2,751 non-coursing greyhounds reported deceased; and if he will mak…
490. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason non-coursing greyhounds are still required to be registered in the Irish Coursing Club’s Stud Book as all relevant information currently recorded in the Irish Coursing Club Stud Book is captured on Rásaíocht Con Éireann’s traceability system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28568/25]
471. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 11,666 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021, who were being tracked on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system as of 15 August 2024, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported etc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3991/25]
472. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds exported to the United Kingdom for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, as recorded on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system, by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3992/25]
473. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds recorded as export international on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3993/25]