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Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move amendment No. 16: In page 16, subsection (3)(c), to delete line 28. This amendment relates to the prohibition on the abandonment of animals. Section 14(3)(c)(iii) refers to "adequate exercise". Will the Minister outline the aim of this provision?

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: The same issue affecting section 8(4) arises in section 14(5). Section 14(5) states: "Where a person having possession or control of a protected animal contravenes subsection (1) or (2) and that person is not the owner, then the owner of the animal shall also have committed an offence under subsection (4)." I realise the Minister explained his position yesterday. Anyway, it appears that if...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move amendment No. 18: In page 16, subsection (1)(a), line 39, after "animal" to insert ", save for normal, necessary farm practices". The previous amendment is related to the abandonment of horses, and I would like to put on record the excellent work being done by a number of organisations in my own county in caring for animals that have been abandoned. Unfortunately, due to the current...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I appreciate what the Minister has said with regard to amendments Nos. 18, 19 and 20 and I accept that.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I want to raise a number of issues, but first I want to refer to what has been said-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: You will bear with me, a Chathaoirligh. I am quite happy to raise one issue if that is what you are suggesting.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: They are all linked. The personal insolvency Bill was mentioned by our leader, Senator O'Brien, who spoke about the delays in publishing the Bill and bringing it before the Oireachtas. There are about 90,000 people in mortgage arrears, as we know, and the banks are putting excruciating pressure on some of those people. They are calling them at all hours, and they are not adhering to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: That is where the dilly-dallying is taking place.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (22 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move amendment No. 1: In page 11, subsection (1), lines 10 and 11, to delete "necessary" and substitute "reasonable". This amendment relates to the wording "take necessary measures to ensure that". Sections 8(1)(a) and 8(1)(b) follow. It refers to taking all necessary measures to ensure the animal is unable to stray from the land, that all buildings, gates, fences, hedges, boundary walls...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (22 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: That is acceptable. I thank the Minister for being so forthright.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (22 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I will withdraw it. I accept totally what the Minister has said. I would just like to clarify the reasoning behind the words "necessary" and "reasonable". If a farmer has put up fencing, and for one reason or another, people break those fences and animals stray, then the question of "necessary" versus "reasonable" comes into play, as well as the potential of fines and whether they are...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (22 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move amendment No.2: In page 11, subsection (1)(b)(ii), line 19, after "kept" to insert the following: "having regard to the potential of wind borne spread of disease or of protected or other species of wildlife spreading disease". This amendment again deals with section 8(1) and the risk or spread of disease onto farmland or premises on which the animal is kept. The potential of wind...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (22 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I will withdraw the amendment. This is a matter of practicality. A farmer should not be legally liable if a wind borne disease is present on his or her land. If the Minister or his officials have an opportunity to speak to some of the farm organisations that would be welcome.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (22 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I agree with Senator Bradford. He has pointed out a matter that might require further discussion. This issue has to do with section 8 on animals straying. According to the wording of subsection (4), if a person is in possession of an animal, for example, someone in a contract rearing or bed and breakfast arrangement who looks after animals, and the animal strays, the owner is culpable even...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (22 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move amendment No. 4: In page 12, lines 19 to 21, to delete subsection (4) and substitute the following: "(4) The Minister may for the purposed of subsection (3) issue a permit and may attach such terms and conditions to it as he or she considers appropriate.". This amendment concerns authorised officers, who are defined in section 2 as a member of the Garda Síochána, an officer of...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (22 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I fully appreciate the Minister's comments and accept his reference to making the system too unwieldy. If there was an issue in every county on a particular day and everything had to go through the Minister, I appreciate it would take more time to deal with it. The authorised officers will be professional staff, but they can be members of An Garda Síochána and Customs officers. In this...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (22 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I will withdraw the amendment on the basis of the Minister's undertaking to review the matter.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (22 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move amendment No. 6: In page 13, subsection (1), line 5, to delete "necessary" and substitute "reasonable". In light of the Minister's offer to review the proposal before Report Stage, I will withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (22 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I move amendment No. 7: In page 13, subsection (1)(b), lines 23 and 24, to delete all words from and including "that" in line 23 down to and including "suffering" in line 24 and substitute "appropriate to the animal species". Subsection (1)(b) states: having regard to the animal's nature, type, species, breed, development and environment, ensure that all buildings, gates, fences, hedges,...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (22 May 2012)

Brian Ó Domhnaill: I listened carefully to the Minister and accept everything he said. Perhaps the wording in the amendment is not ideal. We will have another look at it. This side of the House supports fully anything which would ensure animals suffer less or ensure there is no undue suffering. Perhaps the wording of the amendment did not encapsulate that. We will have a look at it and maybe come back. The...