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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (24 Apr 2024)

John Paul Phelan: 37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the points-of-entry, that is, ports and airports, at which mobile x-ray scanners and sniffer dogs were deployed to over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18312/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (18 Apr 2024)

John Paul Phelan: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of sniffers dogs being used to detect illicit trade and smuggling at ports and airports; the number of dates on which they were deployed and used at individual named ports and airports in the State in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if it is planned to increase the number of sniffers dogs in use at ports and airports. [17173/24]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

John Paul Phelan: ...) Regulations 1995 (S.I. No. 136 of 1995) where the address provided for inclusion on the licence by the applicant for the licence is of a place situated in the relevant area, (iv) in respect of applications for dog licences or general dog licences under the Control of Dogs Act 1986, where — (I) in the case of an application for a dog licence, the applicant resides in the...

Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2012)

John Paul Phelan: ...opportunity to remind the Minister of some matters I have mentioned previously to him and the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan. I refer to the care of dogs and some of the puppy shelters and dog shelters which are essential and carry out important work in collecting dogs that have been abandoned by owners. However, I have some reservations about...

Written Answers — Control of Dogs: Control of Dogs (22 May 2012)

John Paul Phelan: Question 482: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there are controls in place to deal with dogs taken from pounds or dog shelters by members of the public as far as the safety and health of the public and the impact on other animals like sheep are concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24996/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Advertising: Departmental Advertising (9 Jun 2011)

John Paul Phelan: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans to hold a media campaign, as was done previously, highlighting the dangers to the national sheep flock of dog attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14926/11]

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2010)

John Paul Phelan: ...on this side of the House who have raised concerns about some of the legislation to be dealt with in the House this week. I have particular views on the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill and the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill which I have voiced before. In the past weeks I have asked the Leader for a debate on the care of the elderly, particularly for supported care homes and Alzheimer's care....

Seanad: Order of Business. (23 Mar 2010)

John Paul Phelan: ...renewed programme for Government if there was a deal on legislation for animal welfare. I would like a discussion as soon as possible. I am disturbed that we have had a number of debates and the Dog Breeding Establishments Bill has not yet completed its passage. At a time when the Government is talking about setting up an inspection system, much needed in some areas for dog breeding...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)

John Paul Phelan: ...Minister, Deputy Gormley, did not seem to acknowledge this duplication or the fact that the greyhound and hunting sectors are already regulated, subject to inspection and must keep records of the dogs produced. The Bill was introduced following calls from a number of Senators and Deputies concerning puppy farming. Senator Cummins was the first Member to raise the issue of the inhumane...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)

John Paul Phelan: Senator Kieran Phelan is a well-known dog breeder. I thought he was going to contribute.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)

John Paul Phelan: ...sense, I do not understand Senator Ó Brolcháin's comments. It proposes that local authorities should be able to appoint as authorised inspectors officials such as litter wardens who double up as dog wardens and are known as community wardens or by similar names in certain local authorities. Such persons and veterinary inspectors employed by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)

John Paul Phelan: I am aware of that. I refer to the powers of the authorised person, which are substantial. Such persons will have the power to enter dog breeding establishments and examine with regard to any matter under the Act the operator of the establishment and anyone employed therein. These are strong powers to grant to people who may be directly involved in the process. For this reason, the...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)

John Paul Phelan: Under this legislation, persons such as this will be eligible to enter a dog breeding premises as an authorised person appointed by the local authority.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Mar 2010)

John Paul Phelan: ...local authority, appoint such and so many of its members of staff, as it considers appropriate". Under this provision, if a local authority decides to subcontract the entire process of inspecting dog breeding facilities, the subcontractor may, following consultation with the local authority - whatever that means - appoint whoever it wants to be an inspector. In those circumstances,...

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2010)

John Paul Phelan: I remind Senator Cummins that this section relates to the proposed dog breeding establishment charge.

Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Second Stage (26 Jan 2010)

John Paul Phelan: ...attention of the Government the need to introduce regulation in this area. The primary purpose of the Bill is to deal with puppy farms and I will nail my colours to the mast. Anybody who abuses dogs and who treats them the way they have been on puppy farms that have been exposed deserves nothing other than the full rigour of the law. Such behaviour is nothing short of despicable. The...

Seanad: Budget Statement 2006: Motion (6 Dec 2006)

John Paul Phelan: ...the Minister for Finance did not mention the spiralling in serious crime over the last year. I am particularly disappointed that he did not touch on mental health, as I thought he would, after the dogs' dinner made in the media by the Minister for State with responsibility for that area, Deputy Tim O'Malley. There is the fine print but the Minister could have referred to this area in his...

Seanad: Tax Code: Motion (29 Nov 2006)

John Paul Phelan: ...he supported the Fine Gael motion, although I suspect he will not do so when it comes to the division. He spoke of a need for stability in the property market, and if one talks to the proverbial dogs in the street, the auctioneers and those currently seeking to buy, they will tell one that the current instability in the market was caused by the Tánaiste's September remarks. The blame...

Seanad: Decentralisation Programme: Statements. (8 Mar 2006)

John Paul Phelan: ...the opposite. When did the realisation dawn on the Minister of State and his Government colleagues that the timescale that was announced in budget 2004 was nothing other than a ball of smoke? The dogs in the street knew that the Government could not live up to the timescale that was announced. There were negligible levels of consultation with the public and civil servants who were involved...

Seanad: Budget Statement 2005: Motion. (7 Dec 2005)

John Paul Phelan: ...in fuel costs faced by the elderly, resulting in the increase being wiped out even before people have got it in their pockets. The changes in VRT relief for flexi-fuel cars are like Alanna McCree's dog, it goes a bit of the road with everyone. This is a slight step in the right direction but just a little nudge forward.