Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)

If this legislation were ice cream the Minister would not be able to give it to children. We have a situation where a legislative proposal that attracted a broad consensus across the House has regrettably become a very divisive issue because the Minister has managed it so poorly. Its core intent remains to deal with the abhorrent and scandalous circumstances of puppy farming in this country, an industry generating approximately €29 million per year and affecting some 90,000 pups.

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