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Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (25 Nov 2020)

Lynn Ruane: ...the "RTÉ Investigates" documentary from last year which detailed the truly appalling and unspeakable acts of violence committed against animals as part of this industry. It is an industry that kills over 6,000 dogs a year simply for not running fast enough. I cannot comprehend how an industry that has been proved so conclusively to be using such widespread cruel practices would be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...on this matter came before the House in the past few months and we had a significant opportunity to strengthen it in regard to animal cruelty. It is appalling to think that there people had dogs' ears removed in order that they could not be identified. We could have strengthened the Greyhound Racing Bill when it came before the House some months ago, especially regarding the licensing...

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jan 2019)

Lynn Ruane: ...any sector. I am thankful the Bill will leave here with some amendments attaching to it. The amendment relating to the vet on the board is a strong one, as are the guidelines dealing with retired dogs. I hope they will stay in the legislation when it hits the Lower House. I thank the Minister of State for his openness and engagement on the Bill.

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (20 Dec 2018)

Lynn Ruane: ...and her office for their help in drafting these proposals. This issue was extensively discussed on Committee Stage and I do not propose to go over all the details again. However, groups such as Dogs Trust have reported that Irish greyhounds are being exported to countries in which they are subjected to cruel treatment likely to result in a lengthy jail sentence in Ireland. We have a...

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I will speak briefly to amendment No. 15 which seeks to place responsibility on the Irish Greyhound Board to develop and publish industry-wide guidelines on how dogs should be dealt with by their owners when retired from racing. As the Minister suggested the possibility of including it elsewhere, perhaps in guidelines, he might get back to me to explain what he means. There was some...

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

Lynn Ruane: I am going to speak briefly in support of Senator Ó Domhnaill's amendment. A zero tolerance approach makes sense. I do not know why people would be allowed to race dogs again if they were caught giving the dog any amount of cocaine. Four months is not enough but I understand why we are putting in restrictions rather than completely banning people. There is an incentive to dope dogs...

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

Lynn Ruane: ...in it and I take it the next week and there is no cocaine in it, it will show up if there has been contamination. That is human. We deal in notes. We deal in suitcases and all these things. The dogs are not going into the local shop with the fiver that has been used to snort cocaine to buy something with it-----

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

Lynn Ruane: -----for the residue to show up. Why are we using human objects to explain why dogs have been contaminated? I do not understand how this works. I can understand it in the case of humans.

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

Lynn Ruane: ...with records of the mistreatment and abuse of greyhounds, and an attempt to restrict, ban and-or regulate these exports. They are the most substantial changes we are proposing to the Bill. I thank Dogs Trust Ireland for its help in drafting these amendments, Deputy Broughan, whose 2017 Private Members' Bill, the Welfare of Greyhounds (Amendment) Bill influenced their drafting, as well as...

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

Lynn Ruane: ...policing the other countries. It is impossible to police the exporting from another country. Our amendment places the onus on the person exporting from here. If we obtain knowledge that that dog has been sent to a secondary country to reach its destination, the person here would be here would be held responsible if they knew that the dog was going through Britain or another European...

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2018)

Lynn Ruane: We can track the registration of the greyhounds between here and the UK. Dogs are given passports before they are exported. Through the passport, could we not identify the countries they are travelling to? There must be some purpose for that passport being accounted for in the country in which it arrives. There must be some available data through the passport. Does something show up on a...

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: ...published in 2016, all of which have played a part in contributing to the drafting of this legislation, as well as the advocacy of a range of organisations and NGOs that have been part of the process such as Dogs Trust, the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, ISPCA, and the Irish Council Against Blood Sports. For today's debate, my colleagues, Senators Black, Grace...

Seanad: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (23 Oct 2018)

Lynn Ruane: ...and allow for the board to make regulations on provisions for the health and welfare of a racing greyhound that has been retired by its owners.In other words, these are retirement plans for the racing dogs. While I recognise that much progress has been made in recent years on conditions for dogs following retirement, with notable decreases in 2014 and 2015 in dog pound figures for...