Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food
Dog Control and Sheep-Worrying: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Hugh Farrell:
I thank the Senator for his questions. He remarked on the good work being done by the people in question, and rightly so. The Senator referred to the map of each county. That is a brainwave, in fairness, because if that issue was identified on a map of the counties and put out to the local media, including local papers, it would leave everyone who owns a dog wondering and worrying if their dog was part of it or could be part of it. This could send a bigger message than we think it could, bigger than us just discussing it here today. I would like to see that followed through as a national study of reports that come in and are formed in that way and the maps are distributed throughout the counties. I thank the Senator for his input.