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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Dogs (12 Dec 2023)

John McGuinness: 627. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans in relation to the control of dogs regulations and legislation relative to the outcome of the recent survey conducted by his Department and the report that followed. [55085/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (12 Dec 2023)

John McGuinness: 880. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is a public record detailing the number of dogs that are placed in the pound in each county; the number that are rehomed; the number that are euthanised for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55082/23]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

John McGuinness: With regard to these public sites, I also want to bring to the attention of the Minister of State the need for appropriate signage. People, including me, walk with their dogs. There is always the issue of dog fouling. Is there an overall national contract for the provision of the bags people use when walking their dogs?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

John McGuinness: I want to bring the Minister of State back to the issue of dog walkers and fouling.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (22 Feb 2023)

John McGuinness: -----are used more and more. It is to facilitate the public in terms of facilities but also to facilitate those who use the park, whether walking on their own or with the dog or with the family, so that everybody can get the same level of enjoyment from what is an important amenity. Does the Minister of State think there is sufficient staff in locations like Kilkenny Castle that has a huge...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (18 Jan 2023)

John McGuinness: 1903. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will initiate a public consultation process regarding dog control regulations with all stakeholders to include organisations that maintain a register of dog owners and breeders, associations representing particular breeds (details supplied) and qualified dog trainers and behaviourists and vets; if she will examine the laws...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (10 Mar 2022)

John McGuinness: 405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the grant already sanctioned to refurbish the Kilkenny dog track arising from the sale of Harold's Cross stadium and the timeline for the payment of the grant. [13673/22]

Farrelly Commission of Investigation Substantive Interim Reports: Statements (11 Nov 2021)

John McGuinness: ...were reported to Piltown Garda station. I spent two hours in Pearse Street Garda station making a protected disclosure and nothing has ever happened. I have not heard a single word from them. Dogs will bark but the caravans will move on. This debate will end. I am holding the Taoiseach and the Government to account on this. I believe that the Dáil should insist on...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

John McGuinness: ...is a new emphasis now on outdoor activities and I think that will remain with us after Covid. Therefore, we should examine the structure of walks and whether we will accommodate bicycle routes. Dog-fouling and so on has become a big issue on walks throughout the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2019)

John McGuinness: ...being made during the course of those court cases between the bank, or the account manager of the individual concerned, and the firm of solicitors. The solicitors tend to pursue the individual doggedly. It may not be an instruction from the bank. How much engagement is there by the bank with the firm of solicitors employed in each case? Are the firms just let loose on the customers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: A Future Framework for Accountability in the Banking Sector: Discussion (12 Mar 2019)

John McGuinness: ...that, from my experience with the banks, and more recently with the very public experience that we had on the tracker mortgage issue, that the old culture in the bank is alive and well. Dogs resemble their masters, as they say. In any business, the master should be telling the next person down that this has to change. That seeps out to their legal representatives and so on in the...

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Feb 2019)

John McGuinness: ...Calleary, we have flagged the fact that this process is working against the SMEs in this country. It is not giving them a fair shake. Have we not learned from Carillion? Have we not learned from all of the other issues that have dogged Government over a long number of years in regard to overspend and poor value for money? When what can be done for the future is articulated here, the...

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: ..., because he does not have the backbone to do it. That is the sorry aspect of what is happening. The tribunal came and went and left its report behind. The Minister appears to think that the dogs will bark and the caravans will move on. However, the country has taken a turn. There is a demand now for truth and justice from all of us who serve, but the people are not getting truth...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (4 Oct 2018)

John McGuinness: 159. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the use of autism assistance dogs; if his Department or the HSE will engage with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the possibility of funding a project to the extent of the cost of eliminating the waiting list of 200 children and families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40517/18]

Engagement with Investment Funds: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2018)

John McGuinness: ...the matter. What more evidence does the Government need about vulture funds when we can see repossessions going on all over the country? People are appearing at repossessions with balaclavas and dogs. What kind of society is the Government allowing to be created by people who are not even from this country? They have come here for no other reason but to profit off the backs of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Services (26 Jul 2017)

John McGuinness: 1689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that tendered for the procurement of dog control or dog pound services; the number of local authorities that roll over such contracts and the commencement year in each case; if his Department has issued instructions on such procurement; if the local authorities are compliant with national or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (20 Jun 2017)

John McGuinness: 2230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will establish a panel of experts and other interested parties to review dog bite prevention and relative legislation with a view to bringing legislation into line with other EU countries and focusing on the obligations and responsibilities of dog owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28242/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (2 May 2017)

John McGuinness: ...will make available the written submissions made to his Department by organisations (details supplied) and other submissions received relative to the consultation process relating to the Control of Dogs Regulations 1998; if he will initiate an independent review of all existing legislation and regulations relative to the control of dogs and the Act of 1986; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (28 Mar 2017)

John McGuinness: 194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will withdraw the list of dangerous dog breeds and the regulations governing such breeds and instead legislate or regulate dog owners generally, making education, obligations and responsibility the central theme, as done in other EU states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15084/17]

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Report on Foster Home in Waterford Community Care Area: Discussion (2 Feb 2016)

John McGuinness: If I treated little dogs, Mr. O'Brien, they way those people were treated, I would be arrested.