Results 821-840 of 4,773 for speaker:Paudie Coffey
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: The Minister claimed 10% of dogs seized are stray greyhounds.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Yes. If they were not euthanised, does the Minister want them left to live in a kennel somewhere? The Irish Greyhound Board takes a responsible approach to how it manages greyhounds which are no longer racing. The board has refuted the Department's figures on stray dogs. In recent research it did with county council dog pounds, it found 151 greyhounds were put to sleep one year, which...
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: It is a red herring.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I did not hear the view of the Minister on the definition of a bitch, which is fundamental to the question of what is considered a bitch in this Bill. In the draft version of the Bill it is described as four months. I would like to know if the Minister intends addressing the definitions. I am astonished to hear the reply of the Minister. We are now getting to the nub of the issue. We...
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I move amendment No. 10b: In page 14, subsection (1), between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: "(f) greyhounds should be exempt from the limit of six litters, subject to veterinary approval,". Brood bitches in the greyhound industry rarely have more than three litters, unless they are very successful. Putting a limit of six litters on successful brood bitches in the greyhound racing...
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: He can backtrack all he wants.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: When he makes statements he has to stand over them. He made serious charges against the Irish Coursing Club and the Irish Greyhound Board.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: They already have identification.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: The Minister is missing the point completely.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: It is not all right. His argument would be fine if an identification regime was not already in place. That system goes back generations and greyhounds are subject to DNA profiling beyond any other breed. They also have tattooed ears and registration cards. If this regime was not in place I could understand the Minister's argument. Microchips are being introduced in the UK because of the...
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: If he did, he would listen to us. We still have time to address the issue and I appeal to him to reconsider his position.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Is identification not in place?
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: We have heard from the animal liberation people with whom the Minister sat down in his office.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: The Minister is being picky with his facts.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Members are resuming the debate on the Bill at a critical stage. Fine Gael has tabled three amendments that were discussed at length on the previous occasion. Amendment No. 10 proposes that "greyhounds should be exempt from the limit of six litters, subject to veterinary approval". Amendment No. 10 proposes that "greyhounds should be exempt from the requirement that a bitch is not to be...
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: I argued the last day that animal welfare in regard to greyhounds is covered by the Greyhound Industry Act 1958, the Long Title of which states: "to provide for the reconstitution of the Irish Coursing Club and its recognition as the controlling authority for the breeding and coursing of greyhounds". The Minister of State quoted the regulations which state: (1) The kennels of any person...
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Therefore, the Department should introduce more regulations.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: Perhaps they could be extended to include breeders under the 1958 Act.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: That is utter rubbish. If the Minister of State spoke to people involved with greyhounds or even Fianna Fáil members throughout the country, he would hear it posed a threat to the greyhound industry. We are listening to pure rubbish from him.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)
Paudie Coffey: The Minister of State is parroting the Green Party. I am surprised by this.