669. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has examined alternatives to the use of high-concentration carbon dioxide gas stunning of pigs in slaughterhouses, including electrical stunning, inert gas systems using argon or nitrogen, low atmospheric pressure stunning, or other emerging technologies; whether any assessment has been conducted of the animal welfare outcomes, commercial viability and regulatory implications of such alternatives in an Irish context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49513/26]

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669. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has examined alternatives to the use of high-concentration carbon dioxide gas stunning of pigs in slaughterhouses, including electrical stunning, inert gas systems using argon or nitrogen, low atmospheric pressure stunning, or other emerging technologies; whether any assessment has been conducted of the animal welfare outcomes, commercial viability and regulatory implications of such alternatives in an Irish context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49513/26]

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