Mr. Adrian Gallagher:

Some counties do not even have a full-time dog warden, but only a part-time dog warden in the county. In a big county, there may be only one part-time warden. There was €2 million allocated by the previous Government to spend on recruiting additional dog wardens. That has not been done. It is time that money was spent. It is time there were new staff on the ground. It takes a while to get that person trained up to be capable and confident enough to go out as a full-time dog warden.