The Minister said the Department of Agriculture maintains the central equine database which records the registration details of all equines issued with a passport by Approved Passport Issuing Organisations (PIOs) in Ireland
The figure was released by the Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue who said the animals were all killed in a plant, which he didn't name, approved by his department.
"The date of movement of horses to approved slaughter plants is recorded on the central database as these movements occur. There was also deep anger that some horses ended up in the food chain because of traceability issues, fake passports and misure of equine microchips.Mr McConalogue said the RTE programme was "upsetting" and added that he was appalled by the blatant disregard for the welfare of horses and there was suspected criminality.
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