1522. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to improve the welfare protections of greyhounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43965/26]
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1524. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current process used by Greyhound Racing Ireland to ensure its welfare staff are sufficiently qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44010/26]
1525. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current process Greyhound Racing Ireland undertakes when a welfare complaint is raised around greyhounds in the racing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44011/26]
916. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has been informed of the outcome of an investigation by officers in Rásaíocht Con Éireann, into complaints of animal cruelty at a Rasaiocht Con Eireann licensed kennel in the west of Ireland (details supplied); the outcome of this investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39635/26]
899. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 299 of 15 April 2026, if it is correct to interpret information contained in the reply to mean that in the years 2021 and 2022, a total of 1,308 greyhounds were not reported to the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System (RCETS) as having been homed, and therefore were not recorded on this system…
299. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the discrepancy in the numbers given by his Department regarding the number of greyhounds homed by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27528/26]
308. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 23,760 non-coursing greyhounds subject to traceability on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System in 2021 (details supplied) with a breakdown into active, inactive, exported, reported dead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27609/26]
489. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1721 of 8 September 2025, the number of non-coursing greyhounds active on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Race Management System on 13 June 2025 and not the twelve months previously (details supplied), by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53379/25]
1723. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 788 of 15 July 2025, the number of non-coursing greyhounds active on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Race Management System, not the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System (details supplied) as of 13 June 2025, by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44601/25]
1230. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of costs in relation to the money given to two care home providers (details supplied) for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10620/25]
469. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhound care homes with a dedicated, unique visitor room funded by Rásaíocht Con Éireann that are currently in operation; the total cost to Rásaíocht Con Éireann of such care homes; the number of non-coursing greyhounds homed by the operators of these care homes, by year, for the past five years; and if he will make a s…
470. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Rásaíocht Con Éireann still has no strategic plan in place over two years after the last one expired, almost two years after they were quoted in a national newspaper claiming that such a strategic plan was in the process of being finalised by consultants (details supplied), and 14 months after his predecessor said a draft st…