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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (21 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts his Department is making to increase the proportion of dog owners who engage with pet insurance providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8209/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s position on banning the use of shock collars for dog training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8211/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is considering the introduction of qualifications and associated regulations with regard to dog trainers operating in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8212/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s position with regard to the development of a national microchipping database for dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8214/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (21 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s position with regard to the development of a centralised database for the use of dog wardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8215/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Legislative Reviews (21 Feb 2024)

Alan Farrell: 183. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on her Department’s efforts to conduct a review of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010, as detailed in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8213/24]

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

Alan Farrell: As someone who knows very little about greyhound racing, how many pups need to be bred to get a successful racing dog? What is the success rate?

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

Alan Farrell: I believe the report put the number of animals that are put down annually at just under 6,000. We are producing 13,000, are exporting 6,000 and we are putting down 6,000. Approximately 1,000 dogs can be considered to have been bred successfully. Is that an accurate assessment?

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

Alan Farrell: Will Mr. Dollard enlighten me? I am reading a report that says that 6,000 dogs are being put down and Mr. Dollard has just told the committee that 6,000 are being exported. The remaining figure is, therefore, 1,000. Will Mr. Dollard enlighten me?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Priorities for Garda Inspectorate: Discussion (19 Oct 2016)

Alan Farrell: ...matters in the committee, I have personal experience of this. It is something people talk to me about fairly regularly. I have done it myself. When I finish work late at night and take my dog for a walk, I have often seen people dipping into bring banks and clothing banks in an organised fashion. I have called the Garda with a registration number and have called back a week later to...