Lynn Boylan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

What we are hearing back is that the bar to close down an establishment is extremely high and the different local authorities apply a different standard in terms of inspections. Would the inspections not be better done like farm inspections and brought under the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine so there is a consistent approach to all dog breeding establishments, no matter where they are? It seems it is pot luck. If someone is in a local authority which takes this very seriously, they will have very good inspectors, or the inspector might be the dog warden in one local authority but is a vet in another local authority. It would make sense to have a consistent approach so we know that when the inspections are taking place, they are all being held to the same standard.