Mr. John Joe Fitzgerald:

It is not all coming from pet dogs. Let us be exact about that. It is happening in all of society and among all types of dogs. To give the Senator a good example of it, Deputy Danny Healy-Rae lives down in the Sneem area. I visited a farmer there two years ago. More than 100 of his ewes and lambs were driven off the cliff by marauding dogs that were let loose from holiday homes. When people come out of towns and cities and go to these places, they think it is like the Wild West or an old cowboy film. I have spoken to another man in Galway who had the same thing happen to him on 8 December. He called me at 10 p.m. and told me his sheep had been driven off the cliff. They are in the book of evidence. I advise every member to look at the graphic photos in the book of evidence. If they think those are bad, I will supply them with even worse ones.

At the end of the day, there is no accountability. Nobody is taking responsibility. The reason we had to go to Europe with this petition is that nobody is listening. I have heard at this meeting that everyone is listening, but I have been told by one good politician in Kerry that nobody is listening because there are no votes in it for us. It is as simple as that.