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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Sales (7 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: ...initiatives are aimed at improving the welfare of animals in the context of their sale and supply. They are in addition to general animal health and welfare legislative requirement, as well as in the case of dogs, controls under the Dog Breeding Establishment legislation, where applicable. My Department takes an active role in the issue of the welfare of pets being sold and supplied...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (7 Jul 2020)

Barry Cowen: ...that the Department of Health is not aware of any human cases of COVID-19 associated on mink farms.The experience to date during the global pandemic is that while certain animal species, including dogs, cats, ferrets and mink, are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 virus, the number of positive cases in animals worldwide remains very low. DAFM has composed a Frequently Asked Questions document for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Barry Cowen: The Deputy should not forget the dogs in the street.

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Barry Cowen: ...the matter. The gravest issues facing us today as representatives are housing, health, broadband and roads. Roads throughout the country are in absolute rag order. The Minister has made a dog's dinner of a few things in recent weeks that have come to the public's realisation. Having met me and local councillors in my constituency in Edenderry towards the end of last year, the Minister...

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Barry Cowen: ...to allow other speakers to contribute who do not have the opportunity very often to do so. In the last few weeks, Fine Gael and the honourable Minister of the Independent variety have made a right dog's dinner of a couple of issues. The national planning framework is one and the other is this debacle around the provision of broadband and the Government's inability to put every part of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Litter Pollution Fines (22 Mar 2017)

Barry Cowen: 255. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of fines issued for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017 for breach of dog fouling legislation by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14352/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Animal Breeding Regulations (2 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress being made on the review of dog breeding regulations; the intended outcome of this review; and the reason there are no breeders, or relevant interests, represented on the review body. [32678/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Animal Breeding Regulations (2 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of registered dog breeders here; and the number of inspections of puppy farms in 2015. [32679/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Animal Breeding Regulations (2 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the penalties for being an unregistered dog breeder; the number of enforcement orders that have been taken against breeders for not being registered; and his views on whether there is a lack of enforcement against unregistered dog breeders. [32680/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Identification Schemes (2 Nov 2016)

Barry Cowen: 373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dog passports that are acquired each year for the transporting of dogs to other jurisdictions. [32679/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)

Barry Cowen: ...concerns about the proposals being reported in the media related to the scheme. I said that at the very least he needed to conduct a regulatory impact assessment and make the findings public. If that has been done, we need to see them quickly, but I have my doubts because every dog on the street will tell us the impact the scheme will have. It will drive price increases, while the...

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Barry Cowen: ...housing and addressing homelessness, crime prevention, creating decent jobs, rural decline in towns and villages throughout the country and the massive waiting lists, to name a few of the issues that dog our country currently. I contend that all parties and none acknowledge those pressing needs in those areas. They acknowledge that with an agreed budgetary framework within fiscal rules...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)

Barry Cowen: ...to the charging mechanism. The Government has overturned its initial commitment which leaves the role of the CER contrary to what was initially expected of it, in that it was to be the watch dog for the consumer. Its remit was to fix prices last summer and in two years' time and upon its instruction thereafter. The Government intervened based on the failure to inform adequately the CER...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (2 Dec 2014)

Barry Cowen: ..., Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 512 of 17 July 2014, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are significant differences in the breed specific dog legislation in place here and that in place in the the UK, as outlined (details supplied); if, having taken this into account, he will commission an independent evaluation of the domestic and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (17 Jul 2014)

Barry Cowen: 509. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the bodies that were consulted when drafting the list of restricted breeds included in the Control of Dogs Regulations 1998 and the basis on which these particular breeds were included as opposed to any other breeds of dog. [32819/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (17 Jul 2014)

Barry Cowen: 510. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the analysis that has been carried out by his Department as to the efficacy of the new regime in relation to restricted dog breeds that was introduced under the Control of Dogs Regulations 1998 in reducing the incidence of dog bites. [32820/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (17 Jul 2014)

Barry Cowen: ..., Community and Local Government the reviews his Department has conducted of the international evidence as to the effectiveness of breed specific legislation in controlling potentially dangerous dogs; if his attention has been drawn to the international trend away from breed specific dog control legislation in recent years; his views that the restrictions imposed by the legislation can...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (17 Jul 2014)

Barry Cowen: 512. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commission an independent evaluation of the domestic and international evidence regarding breed specific dog legislation with inputs from reputable bodies such as the ISPCA, Veterinary Ireland and Dogs Trust and commit to acting on the outcome of that evaluation. [32822/14]

Welfare of Greyhounds Bill 2011: Second Stage (30 Jun 2011)

Barry Cowen: Like Deputy Moynihan, I welcome the Bill. I pay tribute to and commend those in my party and others on the manner in which they sought to separate this Bill from the Dog Breeding Establishments Act sponsored by the former Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr. John Gormley. As a result of their actions, the former Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and...