314. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds entered at microchipping stage on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System whose year of birth was 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49364/25]
Topics / Greyhound Industry
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsGreyhound Industry
198 questions from 22 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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968. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured in racing and in trials to date, by type of injury, in 2025; the date and location where they occurred; the number killed outright or euthanised by track vets; the number and causes of additional racing fatalities; and the results of any related post-mortems. [48775/25]
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]
1740. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the mortality rate for non-coursing greyhounds between registration at birth in the Irish Coursing Club stud book and registration at microchipping (12 weeks of age) in the Irish Coursing Club Stud Book for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45154/25]
616. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Greyhound Racing Ireland still have no strategic plan in place two-and-a-half years after the last plan expired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35802/25]
617. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the indicators and targets, as stipulated in the Code of Practice for the Governance of Stare Bodies that are being used to measure the performance of the Irish greyhound industry in the absence of a strategic plan for the past two-and-a-half years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35803/25]
696. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the last date he met formally with the CEO of Greyhound Racing Ireland. [34259/25]
1127. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 11,677 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021 that were being tracked on Rásaíocht Con Éireann's traceability system as of 21 February 2025, with a detailed breakdown of whether they were active, inactive, exported, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30225/25]
1128. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 10,770 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2022 that were being tracked on Rásaíocht Con Éireann's traceability system as of 21 February 2025, with a detailed breakdown of whether they were active, inactive, exported, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30226/25]
1129. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 7,805 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2023 that were being tracked on Rásaíocht Con Éireann's traceability system as of 21 February 2025, with a detailed breakdown of whether they were active, inactive, exported, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30227/25]
1130. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds registered at whelping stage with the Irish Coursing Club whose year of birth was 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30228/25]
1131. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the non-coursing greyhounds registered at whelping stage with the Irish Coursing Club whose year of birth was 2024, that were subsequently registered at microchipping stage (12 weeks) in the Irish Coursing Club's Stud Book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30229/25]
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]
120. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people working directly in the greyhound racing industry; and if plans are being made for a just transition for those people as State support is withdrawn. [25586/25]
170. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds that died on track or afterwards as a result of injuries sustained at tracks in 2024. [25588/25]
183. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether State financial support for greyhound racing should be withdrawn. [25585/25]
145. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 3,088 2021-born pups with an ‘active status’ on RCETS on 21 February 2025, participated in an official trial or participated in an official race between the 10 January 2025 and the 21 February 2025 (42 days); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21351/25]
146. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of 2021-born pups, currently with an ‘active status’ on RCETS have participated in an Official Trial or participated in an official race within the last 42 days and if he will make a statement on same. [21352/25]
147. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects to be able to provide an up-to-date figure for the economic value of the greyhound racing industry only to the economy of the Republic of Ireland, given that the figure currently being used is based on data which is six years old, and includes hare coursing greyhounds in the Republic of Ireland, as well as hare coursi…
1672. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that a person (details supplied) is the registered breeder of a litter of nine greyhound pups born on 23 June 2023 despite them being banned from owning, keeping, dealing in or having control directly or indirectly of any dogs in their possession for ten years, due to pleading guilty to seven offences under the Anim…
1673. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a greyhound litter (details supplied) born on 23 June 2023 was created using surgical artificial insemination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18611/25]
1674. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of a non-coursing greyhound (details supplied) who is registered as a rehomed pet in Limerick on the Irish Stud Book and the Greyhound Racing Ireland website but is reportedly advertised as being located and available for stud in the Hebei Province, People's Republic of China, following his last race at Galway greyhound tr…
1685. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds injured in racing and trials to date in 2025, with a breakdown into type of injury; the date and location where they occurred; the number killed outright or euthanised by track vets; the number and causes of additional racing fatalities; and the results of any related post-mortems. [18880/25]
1699. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds permanently removed from the race management system in each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19299/25]