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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Chris Andrews: It is an animal welfare issue. They are still animals.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Thomas Byrne: I am not sure we-----
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Chris Andrews: They are still animals.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Thomas Byrne: I am not sure we should compare an XL bully to the ancient Irish wolfhound, which has been a breed of dog in this country for centuries.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Chris Andrews: There is a hierarchy of animals, is there?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Seán Canney: Deputy.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Thomas Byrne: There are public safety issues here, and we need to be aligned with our nearest neighbours. We have little choice but to address this with regulation. On the reasonable point that Deputy Hourigan raised, the Department of Rural and Community Development is in discussions with the Department of agriculture in relation to the proposed transfer of the local authority veterinary service to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Chris Andrews: It is populist. It is a populist decision.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Thomas Byrne: -----and have led to deaths in a number of instances.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Chris Andrews: It is a populist decision.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (19 Sep 2024)
School Transport
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (19 Sep 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will slightly recast the Topical Issue that I submitted, which was not to deal with school bus transport in west Waterford. It was specifically on a school transport issue arising between Ardmore and Dungarvan. If the Minister of State does not know that part of the world well, I remind him that Ardmore is the seat of St. Declan, who converted the Déise tribe to Christianity, which...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (19 Sep 2024)
Duncan Smith: Nobody understands timetables and public transport efficiency than the users themselves. I am aware of the operational issues on Monday and Tuesday and there has been an increase in correspondence to my office since the Monday change as well, notwithstanding those operational issues. Connolly Station has always been congested and it is getting worse. There are issues right down to Grand...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (19 Sep 2024)
Thomas Byrne: I assure the Deputy that the Minister for Transport and I recognise that transport connectivity is hugely important for people who live and work in Ireland. What happened is unfortunate and it is not acceptable. There have been some improvements since the timetable changes on 16 September and I have listened to what the Deputy said. With regard to the restrictions between Drogheda and...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Control of Dogs
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Michael Creed: The next topical issue is in the names of Deputies Hourigan and Andrews who will have two minutes each.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: This is less of a speech than a plea and some questions and the plea would be that the Government delays the XL bully dogs ban because to implement it in the outlined timeline would be very dangerous. We are 12 days from the beginning of the XL bully dogs ban and not one local authority has received the full regulations; not one. They have not been sent them or emailed them. They have not...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Chris Andrews: Today I met representatives of Working Animal Guardians, which is a dog rescue group. They are not saying everything the Minister is doing is wrong. They agree with a lot of what the Minister is doing but believes the ban is completely unfair. Working Animal Guardians is a very committed, compassionate group, is very reasonable and has a huge amount of experience with dogs and with XL...
- Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)
Seán Canney: I thank all Deputies for their co-operation.
- Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)
Question put and agreed to.