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

I very much welcome that the Minister will have a consultation on this and engage with the relevant stakeholders. I ask that the animal welfare groups, particularly those that are engaged with horse welfare, also be invited to attend and give their views on this. It seems to be one of those areas that fall between a number of groups. The NTA has some responsibility, the local authority has some responsibility, and now there is the Government. I do not want to see the kind of bouncing of the ball there was between the local authority and the Government over rickshaws happen in this case. As the Minister said, we have now drawn attention to the fact that whereas the local authority may issue licences, there are other aspects besides licences that need to be looked at. I hope we can start this engagement sooner rather than later.

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