Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (Resumed)
5:30 pm
Ms Martina Kenny:
They set it up just like that. The powers that be in the police thought this was a great idea. They started off in Amsterdam with just one guy and now they have a few. They go all around Holland teaching other officers what to do and how to do it. They are contactable by telephone, email or whatever and every time somebody needs something to do with it, they decide that it could be a really good prosecution and start it off. It is really good, and it is exactly what we need because prosecutions are key. If we have more prosecutions, at least then it will deter some of the crimes out there against animals.