Greyhound Industry

471. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the cost of rehoming a greyhound through the RCÉ care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41112/26]

897. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the mechanisms in place to monitor and track the welfare and current location of greyhounds that become the subject of animal welfare concerns or investigations and have been taken into care; if greyhound racing Ireland maintains records relating to the ongoing welfare and whereabouts of such d…

905. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the investigations that have been carried out by greyhound racing Ireland into the reported conditions at a premises (details supplied); and if any breaches of animal welfare legislation or regulations were identified. [39565/26]

906. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the status and welfare of the greyhounds identified in a case (details supplied); including whether they are in the care of greyhound racing Ireland, have been returned to private ownership, or have been placed for rehoming through the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust. [39566/26]

907. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that approximately €19.8 million in public funding is allocated annually to the greyhound sector, the measures that are in place to ensure transparency and independent oversight of greyhound welfare, including public access to traceability data on the lifecycle and outcomes of registered greyhounds. [39567/26]

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…

212. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the welfare situation of four racing greyhounds in a location (details supplied), believed to be now under the care of GRI's adoption service following reports of mistreatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38285/26]

106. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the current status of non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2023 and that were being tracked on Rásaíocht Con Éireann's traceability system, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive and exported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35487/26]

114. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the current status of non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2024 and that were being tracked on Rásaíocht Con Éireann's traceability system, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive and exported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35488/26]

115. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the number of non-coursing greyhounds currently on a wait list for a vacancy in an Irish greyhound care home, foster place or rescue place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35489/26]

132. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the current status of non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2022 and that were being tracked on Rásaíocht Con Éireann's traceability system, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive and exported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35486/26]

133. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the current status of non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021 and that were being tracked on Rásaíocht Con Éireann's traceability system, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive and exported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35485/26]

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 rec…

881. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the number of non-coursing greyhounds currently on waitlist for a vacancy in an Irish greyhound care home, foster place or rescue place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29995/26]

882. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which an Irish non-coursing greyhound (details supplied) is recorded in Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29996/26]

464. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections carried out by agents and agencies of his Department on greyhound racing facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29449/26]

465. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections carried out by agents and agencies of his Department on greyhound breeding facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29450/26]

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]

261. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 899 of 10 February 2026, to provide details of the greyhound track attendance statistics for 2025, covering both Greyhound Racing Ireland tracks and private tracks; the breakdown of the figures, by attendance at each track, type of entry, that is, paid entry, free entry, entry by a…

774. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how it is possible that on 1 January 2026, there were 1,997 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021 still in the active status category on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22098/26]

775. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the monitoring procedures undertaken by his Department of the Rásaíocht Con Eireann traceability system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22099/26]

1459. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 11,618 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021 who were being tracked on Rásaíocht Con Éireann's Traceability System, RCETS, as of 1 January, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported, etc.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20237/26]

1468. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding that has been provided by Rásaíocht Con Éireann to a charity (details supplied) in 2025; the total number of non-coursing greyhounds homed by this charity in 2025, with a breakdown in numbers between those homed directly by the charity and those homed by private greyhound homing r…

1469. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of non-coursing greyhounds homed by a charity (details supplied) both directly by this charity, and indirectly by private greyhound homing rescues supported by this charity in 2025, with a breakdown in the numbers between those homed domestically and those homed internationally; and if he wi…