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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)

Micheál Carrigy: ...work. I met with the IFA sheep committee in Longford approximately 12 months ago about this. We need to strengthen the fines. Each local authority needs to step up to the mark, particularly with dog wardens. I saw a survey recently where a significant number of local authorities issue no fines at all. They do not seem to be too active on the ground in implementing what is already...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...project, which I have been involved in for a number of years, to develop a skatepark. It is basically the start of a whole new recreational area in Longford town in an area known as the old dog track. There had been proposals for modular housing. It is an area that was zoned for recreational amenity. I think that is what we need to do by putting additional facilities in Longford town...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...send our best wishes to young Alejandro. I hope he recovers. I come from a rural area and a farming community and have spoken to landowners, farmers and so on. I have seen what has happened with dogs going out at night and destroying and mauling young lambs and sheep. It is, therefore, timely that we address this. There is a fairly simple mechanism to this. I will give the House an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...of our consideration of autism policy. I welcome the witnesses to session A of today's meeting during which we will consider animal-assisted intervention and therapy. From Autism Assistant Dogs Ireland, AADI, we are joined by Ms Nuala Geraghty, CEO, and Ms Debbie Carr who is a parent and client of the organisation. From St. Joseph's Foundation - Liskennett Equine Therapy Centre - we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Micheál Carrigy: ...is something incumbent on all of us, or on those who succeed us. I hope we will all be here for a long time and that those changes will be made, and will be positive. With regard to autism assistance dogs, that is something we looked at ourselves. We tried to train a dog, if I can put that term on it, but we did not succeed. I pay tribute to the work done in this area, and I think...