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Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...down due to their condition. That is totally unacceptable. The Bill will deal with this type of issue. In time, the regulations we introduce will see the introduction of microchips for horses and dogs which will allow us to ensure that severe instances of animal abuse or welfare issues can be dealt with through the rigours of the law. That is what we should be doing as we should with...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...make too many promises in this regard but I will come back to the committee in the autumn with some proposed initiatives. I will clarify what I propose to do with regard to the micro-chipping of dogs. We want every dog in the country micro-chipped and those micro-chips to contribute to a national register, just as we will need for horses. This will allow me to answer the question of...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: It may. The current situation is unsatisfactory. The dog licensing system is only taken seriously in part by dog-owners. People who wish to be fully compliant with the law will pay for a dog licence but others do not regard a dog licence as a serious matter. We need a much clearer system which obliges compliance by all dog-owners and which uses modern scanning technology to provide full...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 50: In page 64, after line 29, to insert the following: 77.—The Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 is amended, in section 17(b), by the insertion after “Act of 1986” of “or regulations made under section 36 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013”.”.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 52:In page 66, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: No. 32 of 1986 Control of Dogs Act 1986 Sections 20, 24 and 29

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (28 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...can already apply to any animal. Therefore, adding these specific examples is unnecessary and may serve to confuse matters rather than improve them. The amendments I am making on microchipping of dogs show my commitment to the issue of appropriate and beneficial animal tracing systems. As worded, this section allows any animal to be subject to a system of tracing and, accordingly, it...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...towards keeping electronic records only of some data. This will reduce storage costs and should improve accessibility to records. Given what we are planning to do in the context of the microchipping of dogs and horses and the management of horse passports and all of the systems this will involve which will require a software programme, it is evident that we should move away from paper...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No. 27:In page 35, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:"(5) Section 16 of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 does not apply to a dog in a dog breeding establishment where—(a) the dog is implanted with a microchip, or (b) the dog is removed, caused to be removed or its removal has been permitted to another premises, in accordance with animal health...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...that if we specified that this concept was not covered, we would need to allow for every other legitimate activity that might involve animals, including those of riding schools, sports events and even walking the dog. Obviously, the list would never be complete and would be pointless. However, I am proposing a slight amendment in regard to the roping of horses. As currently worded,...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...power to act quickly, decisively and in the interests of the animal or animals concerned, regardless of whether they are on the back of a trailer coming off a ship, in a farmyard or garage where dog fighting could be happening. I understand the point the Deputy is making, but the amendment would weakens the section. Therefore, I do not propose to accept it.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: ..., I intend to bring the regulation to the committee. We have several codes of conduct and regulations to agree to relating to fur farming, the digging out of animals and the micro-chipping of dogs. We will also have an entirely new and improved approach towards equine identification also. I intend to bring these issues to the committee in order that we can go through them and iron out...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: These amendments will allow a horizontal regime to supersede existing provisions for identification in the Control of Dogs Act 1986, the Dog Breeding Establishment Act 2010 and the Welfare of Greyhounds Act 2011. I am proposing an amendment to Schedule 3 to provide that the Minister may introduce such regulations without the need for local authorities to specifically request as is currently...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: At the moment there is no legal requirement for an owner to have a dog microchipped. We have two organisations, the Dogs Trust-----

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: Section 16(1) of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 states:It shall be unlawful for the operator of a dog breeding establishment to keep at that establishment a dog that is over 8 weeks old and that is not implanted with a microchip.While this requirement applies just to dog-breeding establishments, we are proposing through regulation that all dogs will be required to be microchipped.

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (27 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: I move amendment No.1 :In page 7, line 14, after “AMEND” to insert “THE DOG BREEDING ESTABLISHMENTS ACT 2010,”.Before we get on to the amendment, I just want to say that we have had a long debate on this Bill in the Seanad with a good Second Stage and a comprehensive Committee Stage in the Dáil. There are 55 amendments which I hope to deal with today, if...

Other Questions: Coillte Lands (26 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...partnership model is quite a good one that we need to consider. I am a regular user of Coillte forests from a recreational point of view in places like Currabinny and Farran. I regularly take my dog for a run there-----

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (5 Mar 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...to 31 March each year. It replaces a closure in place at national level in previous years: a saithe fishery by means of mechanised jigging will be permitted; new arrangements to allow for a lesser spotted dog fishery off the north Donegal coast are being introduced. The fishery is subject to a number of technical restrictions including a restriction on the area, length of gill net that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Bodies (20 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...of ex gratia funding are provided with a Code of Practice which sets out conditions for promotion of sound welfare and management practice. The Code can be accessed at . Compliance with the Dog Breeding Establishments Act, 2010 is specifically mentioned in the Code and organisations are asked to familiarise themselves with its provisions including that relating to registration of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Bodies (13 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: My Department provides funding to animal welfare organisations involved in the delivery of animal care to a range of companion animals including dogs. In December 2012, funding of €1.365 million was awarded to 140 organisations. Details of the recipients of funds are set out in the following table and are also available on my Departments website at:...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare Bodies (12 Feb 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...recipients of funds which sets out recommendations to promote sound welfare and management practice to which all the organisations should adhere. All recipients of funding involved in the re-homing of dogs must demonstrate that they are participating in a neutering programme in order to assist in controlling numbers of animals and avoid further cases of animal distress. We also remind...