Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion

Ms Nanci Creedon:

To be perfectly honest, I am not even 100% sure it is Switzerland. I know the information is out there. However, I did not bring it with me and I do not have a straight answer to that. If you have a population who cares for dogs responsibly, that will filter in generation after generation. With mandatory education and having to pass a test to get a licence, by default, I will be teaching my kids the right way to raise a dog. Those kids will then be teaching their kids the right way to raise a dog. It would see generational changes impacted. Right now, much of the information that all of us in this room think is correct about dogs is incorrect.