Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister said, feral cats are not vermin so there is no role for pest control companies in dealing with feral cats. Like Deputy Ó Cuív I am getting calls from people about the activities of these pest control companies. There are good indications that where the trap-neuter-release system is put into practice, it has a very positive effect on the number of feral cats in an area. ISPCA and Done Deal are helping communities - I mentioned Cape Clear yesterday - to cope with this problem by using the trap-neuter-release system.

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