Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 December 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion

Ms Deirdre Kelly:

I am a huge advocate for collecting accurate and appropriate data. We will engage with the CCMA to see how we can collect that data to mitigate those circumstances. We will have to take on board and accept the fact that some people may not tell us the truth. We cannot legislate for that, but we can certainly talk to the CCMA about how we could ask those questions and get that data for 2024.