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Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Domestic dogs have to be microchipped.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Bobby Aylward: ...by asking about animal welfare. We are all aware of the fallout from the "RTÉ Investigates" programme. Everyone was horrified by what he or she saw. It was not good enough. I am a farmer and a dog lover and was shocked by what I saw. I did not think I would be, but I was. We do not need to say any more than that. We saw a dog being thrown into hot water. I know that it was not...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Bobby Aylward: Could the dog not be registered on the same system from birth until death, the same as other animals?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon Financial Statement 2017 (19 Sep 2019)

Bobby Aylward: There are thousands of dogs out there that are not registered at all.

Gambling Control Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2018)

Bobby Aylward: We all know that there are people who can enjoy an odd flutter at the races. However, there are others who cannot limit their betting to a day at the races or a night at the dogs. These people are classified as problem gamblers. According to a recent UCD study, there are over 40,000 people in Ireland with gambling addictions, with single men under 35 most at risk. This is very much a...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: ...industry four years ago. According to it, people had been witness to the virtual collapse of the Irish greyhound industry in the preceding few years, with a decreasing tote, attendance level and dog pool evident. It asserts that the people administering the industry tried to dismiss the figures and that promises of a bright future appeared to lack credibility. Trainers up and down the...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: I will press for a comment on the statement that a meeting had been told that the board had offered professional trainers a bonus of €10 for every dog. That would be elitist and a closed shop. Will Mr. Meaney explain that?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Mr. Meaney did not comment on the €10 per dog. Will he explain that?

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: Are the dogs taken at random or do people pick them out? Who picks them out? Is the IGB is responsible for sampling for doping all that kind of thing.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (Resumed) (18 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: ...Kilkenny in my constituency. Race meetings were supposed to start on Friday, 10 February but they did not start until 31 February. This man complains he lost out on three races. He had a lot of dogs. Does the board have any comment on that? It is a local issue in Waterford. He asked me to ask about it and I said I would.

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: I want to ask about the disquiet and the complaints I have heard from ordinary dog breeders and so on. Will the witnesses comment on why they might be so angry and why there is so much disquiet? Will the witnesses, as a board or executive, give a reason that feeling exists and why there is so much noise and disquiet about what is happening and unhappiness about the direction in which the...

Public Accounts Committee: Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015 (4 May 2017)

Bobby Aylward: ...? I was in contact with people who depend on the prize money. One breeder who is a genuine man and who has been involved in the industry all his life has approximately 15 bitches and runs a few dogs. He was getting a few bob and was able to survive but in five or six years, that changed and he is now hardly able to keep going. I am only talking about one individual.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (16 Jul 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 747. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate the possibility of re-assessing the breed of German Shepherd current classification as a dangerous dog under the Control of Dogs Regulations 1998 with a view to a possible downgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29939/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (14 Jul 2015)

Bobby Aylward: 885. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to re-assess the breed of German shepherd's current classification as a dangerous dog under the Control of Dogs Regulations 1998, with a view to a possible downgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29189/15]

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Bobby Aylward: ...the butter fat reference is equivalent to another 2% in milk quota in 2009, and this increase is in addition to a 2% increase already in place for 2008. During the CAP health check, the Minister doggedly pursued the issue of additional funding for farm payments and a change in the provision that will allow him to target specific sectors which are in need of special assistance. This will...