Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 October 2025
631. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the proposed statutory instrument to provide that euthanasia of a greyhound must only be carried out by a veterinary surgeon (details supplied). [56680/25]
View answerRásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) is a commercial state body, established under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 chiefly to control greyhound racing and to improve and develop the greyhound industry. RCÉ is a body corporate and a separate legal entity to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
RCE, under its code of practice for the care and welfare of greyhounds, has set down standards to be applied to the euthanasia of greyhounds.
No statutory instrument relating to the euthanasia of greyhounds has been adopted by my Department.
