Dáil Éireann - Volume 34 - 26 March, 1930

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Public Funds and Vivisection.

Eamon Cooney Eamon Cooney

Eamon Cooney asked the Minister for Finance if any money out of public funds was expended on vivisection during the year 1928, and, if so, whether he would state the amount.

The President The President

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The President: The answer to the first part of the question is in the [5] affirmative. Approximately £30 was expended during the year 1928 from the Vote for Agriculture in connection with vivisection carried out at the Veterinary College and the Veterinary Research Laboratory. An inclusive allowance of £50 was paid from the Vote for the Department of Justice in 1928 for inspection of vivisection under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876. Some trifling sums were expended in connection with vivisection during the year 1928 from the Votes for the State Laboratory and the Army.

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