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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (26 Nov 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Irish Greyhound Board is attempting to hide incidents involving dogs falling and suffering injuries by withholding race footage from its website (details supplied); if he will direct it to publish the footage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49005/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (15 Oct 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds buried in the grounds of Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium; if this practice was approved by the Irish Greyhound Board; if dogs continue to be buried there; and the procedure for incidents involving dogs that die at Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium and other IGB tracks. [41936/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (6 Sep 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 1418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a post-mortem has been carried out on a dog (details supplied); if not, the reason therefor; and if a regulation that post-mortems be carried out on all dogs that die at greyhound tracks to be carried out by an independent vet will be considered. [35854/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...was done about them. In some cases, nothing was done. Can the IGB be trusted to do the work now in respect of animal cruelty that it allowed to continue? I will cite a couple of examples. One dog tested positive three times for cocaine, yet it was invited to the night of stars. The same dog was nominated for greyhound of the year. Breaches of sales regulations were brought to the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Greyhound Industry (2 Jul 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...question is why the Minister of State, the IGB, and the Department had to wait for this programme to air. We were telling them all this already. Italy and France have banned the export of their dogs to countries like China, the US and Australia, and commercial airlines will not take greyhounds if they know that is where they are going. I refer again to coursing. My Bill to ban live...

Greyhound Racing Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...is a little and it is not enforced. Amendment No. 6 is not necessarily about wishing to fine and prosecute people. We have tabled it in order that owners will know that if they send their dogs to these countries, there will be consequences for them, whether in terms of a fine or a prison sentence. Let us not be under any illusion, unless a dog owner who sells a greyhound is 100% sure...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Welfare (9 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...need express permission to be on somebody's land. Hunts are encroaching on land whose owners do not want them. That is not to mention encroachment on housing estates where, as the Minister knows, a dog was killed by the hunt in a collision and somebody's pet was also killed. As the Minister said, the Act also prohibits the pursuit of animals "released in an injured, mutilated or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Animal Welfare (9 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: That is far too loose. There are three areas of concern, one of which is the dogs being used. I do not think there is any inspection of the way the dogs are kept. There are alarming reports from people involved in animal welfare of the conditions in which the dogs are kept. There is also a report from one group of a particular huntsperson who exceeds the number of breeding bitches allowed...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hare Coursing (9 May 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...vet's name was redacted. There are serious questions for the monitoring committee. Video footage from the coursing event showed coursing officials running across the field pulling a hare from dogs before carrying off the doomed hare to whatever was going to happen to it. The Minister and I do not agree on live hare coursing but at the very least we could agree on the need for...

Greyhound Racing Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...Pringle, are made in the context of animal welfare. The reality is that we have too many examples of appalling cruelty to greyhounds, notwithstanding those greyhound owners who do look after their dogs, including those no longer of use and no longer making money. The Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 did not address this issue for various reasons. We have an opportunity with this Bill,...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ..., and the amendments tabled by my colleagues, seek to put a stop to the export of greyhounds. The vast majority of Irish greyhounds are exported to the UK so there are issues concerning Brexit. We know that dogs in the EU are governed by EU law and we know that EU countries are being used as transit points. That is the reality. Amendment No. 1 focuses on welfare and seeks the inclusion...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (28 Feb 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the microchipping of dogs; if the legislation in this regard is being enforced; and the number of warnings and or summonses issued in this regard. [10086/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Industry (28 Feb 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 185. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the guidelines and legislation in relation to the cross breeding of dogs. [10087/19]

Prohibition of Above-cost Ticket Touting Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...which is totally unregulated. I refer to my own particular interest in animal welfare. Puppies are being sold online with false advertising in many cases. Some of the advertisements are fronts for the dog-breeding establishments, in other words the puppy farms. That is another example of online selling with exploitation of the buyer, which is what this Bill is about. I know that has...

Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...recent case involving digging out foxes and a terrible example of a hunt chasing a fox into a housing estate. There was a court case and the hunt was fined the maximum allowed under the Control of Dogs Act but because at least 15 people took part in the hunt each person probably paid less than €100. The sanction in the Act was not sufficient. There are also questions about the...

Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...not be allowed to register or reregister as the case may be. The reality is that since last November four more Irish greyhounds have ended up in China and 37 Irish greyhounds are on a Chinese dog breeding establishment post. We know the appalling conditions of our puppy farms. One can only imagine the horrific conditions in these Chinese breeding establishments where there is no...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hare Coursing Regulation (16 Jan 2019)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ..." in my initial question because condition 23 of the licence is that it gives an opportunity to familiarise hares with the most direct route for escape and that there would not be more than one dog at any particular trial run. Somebody who rang up to book their dog in for one of these trial runs was told that the hares had been well trained. That indicates that any of the hares that had...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hare Coursing (6 Dec 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...recent from the Ardpatrick and Kilfinane coursing in Limerick. Muzzling and other rules do not adequately protect the hare and the footage shows signs of great cruelty. The hare is struck by the dogs, and that is without mentioning the hare's suffering during the capture and confinement period, which is totally against the animal's nature. While I am proud of Ireland's uniqueness in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hare Coursing (6 Dec 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...and soccer are sports. There is no glossing over the cruelty involved in live hare coursing, which cannot be called a sport. Evidence of that cruelty exists where hares are used as live bait for dogs to chase. People who attend coursing meetings see hares being terrorised as they run frantically around a field. They are hit hard by the dogs and sent tumbling through the air. The hares...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry Data (5 Dec 2018)

Maureen O'Sullivan: 257. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of injured and killed dogs racing at greyhound tracks here over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51086/18]