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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: This morning I would like to raise the issue of animal welfare.The European Union is currently looking at regulations that set out to improve the welfare of companion animals, particularly cats and dogs, and this is welcome. I wish to flag my concern at the news coming out of Brussels with regard to the negotiations that the Government is siding with countries that want to reduce the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Boylan: ...want to call for a debate with the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, about yesterday's report on the huge disparity across the country in local authorities in the collection of fines under the control of dogs regulations. Dublin County Council is doing a great job, with 105 spot fines being issued. Fingal County Council issued 90 but South Dublin County Council only issued 18 and Dún...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I welcome that the Minister has extended the public consultation on the use of shock collars on dogs. I encourage all genuine dog lovers to participate in the consultation and make it known to the Government that they support a ban on the collars. Following the horrific attack on Alejandro Mizsan, there were calls across the board, and rightly so, to address the issue of aggressive...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...be back early. I would happily use that time to progress two Bills that I have on Committee Stage. One would reduce the cost for animal welfare shelters. The Government had promised to have my dog welfare Bill before Christmas. That criticism is not targeted at the Deputy Leader. We could do that in January and save those shelters a fortune in having to house dogs that are being held...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...Christmas. Today will be the last opportunity I will have before we break for the Christmas holidays to, once again, encourage people not to buy puppies from puppy breeders and not to bring dogs into their homes at Christmas. However, if they are considering bringing a dog into their family then I ask them to go to rescue centres where over 3,000 dogs await their forever home and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...opening statements. We had discussed covering this issue because certainly, anecdotally, the rising costs of veterinary bills is something that has been repeatedly raised with me, both by regular dog owners but also by a number of the shelters. I find it interesting that even if we took account of inflation alone, one would have to accept that veterinary costs have gone up, we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I wanted to follow up on that. I do not understand why the Department would not ask. I take on board that people might be reluctant to admit why they are surrendering their dogs. They might lie. That is part and parcel of it. Yet, I do not understand why it is not mandatory to at least ask the question and collect an answer. The experience of most people with the charities is that they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: It is not as up to date as this one, which was carried out in September 2023. I am just wondering why this most recent one was not mentioned when Mr. Cashman picked the Dogs Trust report. I refer to the Amárach Research, based on interviews carried out on 1,000 people on the reasons that would prevent them from getting a dog or rescuing a dog. It was in the ISPCA. It was out in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I do not think there would be any resistance here to that. Nobody at any point is saying that we do not want rescue dogs to receive the same standard of veterinary care. Nobody is denying that the cost-of-living crisis affects vets, veterinary nurses and veterinary practices. At no point has anybody said that. In fact, we all accept that we are in a cost-of-living crisis and that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ..., we can only take the word of the people who are on the front line saying it has gone up by 50%. I take on board that vets do a lot more than a GP clinic. I had my own experience with my dog during Hallowe'en and I got excellent care from the vet, but it cost €2,500. If I was not in a position to pay that, the dog would have been euthanised. I am not doubting the costs. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...and have been here a long time. I wanted to ask a few questions around the surrendering for behavioural issues, which has been accepted as one of the things that is cited with people surrendering dogs. I want to ask the Department whether funding should be provided for more rescue dog trainers? I will go back to that Amárach research where 27% of people said that one of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Their dog attack numbers have come down because they also incorporated a large enforcement regime, which seems to have been effective.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...on the approval of funding. I hope that the report, when it comes out, will cover the issue of overbreeding. It is more of an acute problem now because we also have the issue of the tsunami of unwanted dogs that has a knock-on impact on the ability of the shelters across this country to take in both retired and failed racing greyhounds. They are inundated with people getting rid of dogs...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...of the nature of this Bill. I will speak to section 1. Yesterday was World Animal Day. Unfortunately, in the past 48 hours we have seen two very damning reports regarding the situation relating to dog rescue centres and pounds. MADRA Dog Rescue did a census of dogs, the first that has ever been compiled, and found that there are 3,227 homeless dogs at the moment, with hundreds more on...

Seanad: Visit of Slovak Delegation (4 Oct 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Fáilte to our distinguished guests. Today is World Animal Day. Unfortunately, it is nothing for Ireland to boast about when it comes to dog welfare. During the summer, there was the very quiet release of the control of dogs statistics, which showed a 95% increase in stray dogs entering pounds. It would not come as a surprise to anybody who listened any of the times I raised this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...Running for Their Lives". Most people were horrified by that and I do not think the numbers going to see greyhound racing have ever returned. We still have over-breeding within the greyhound industry. Dogs are over-bred and are then being sold at lower cost to the British so we are actually subsidising the British greyhound industry as well. The programme last night, like the greyhound...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ..., that is, the issue of pet ownership. Private landlords, some management companies in apartment blocks and some housing bodies are refusing tenants permission to keep pets. It is not just about dogs but about cats and other pets as well. Children growing up in those households should be like any other child and have access to knowing what it is to have a pet and learning the empathy...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...roimh an Aire Stáit. This morning, I want to raise the matter of the rehoming of horses which are seized under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013. I had my own Bill, the Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill, which passed Second Stage unanimously here. Unfortunately, the guillotine meant that it did not progress to Committee Stage yet.During the Second Stage debate I flagged to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for raising directly with the Department the particular point I am raising. Section 38 is the key issue. The example I have given is that horses seized, as with dogs, are held for very lengthy periods. This is not in the interests of the animal's welfare. As I have said, it carries a significant cost for the welfare organisations homing them. The Minister of...

Seanad: Sheep Sector: Statements (19 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...It also means the farmers get real prices for the product they produce and do not have to be price takers from the large supermarkets. I will conclude on an issue I think Senator Paul Daly brought up as well, that is, dog attacks. It is horrific to see sheep kills, 70 or 80 lambs and sheep killed by dogs, but we know also that there is the lower level issue of sheep worrying. It is...