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

Photo of Martin BrowneMartin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein)
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There has been a lot of talk about public awareness of this. We have seen animal rescue services taking up the slack when the Department does not. They do not have the time or resources. What more can the Department do other than give them more money? The money given in December is nearly gone the following day paying bills and all that but they are still expected to take up the slack.