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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Breeding (20 Feb 2024)

Annie Hoey: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I wish to ask when the Government plans to conduct a review of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010. Are there plans to prepare a Bill to amend the Act, should it be required, to update the legislation? My understanding is that there is a commitment to review the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 in the programme for Government which has...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Breeding (20 Feb 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...what the Minister of State has said a review is currently being undertaken and there is a plan to bring amendments or changes to legislation, that there will need to be changes under the Control of Dog Breeding Establishment Act - forgive me if I did not quite get that - and the first meeting will be held soon. Obviously that is great but is there any idea how long this will take? Is it...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2023)

Annie Hoey: ...they are, whether it is because they are visibly queer or because people have picked up that they are queer. Only last week in Drogheda, two gay men were attacked when they were out walking their dog. They are a married couple and they were attacked by a group of teens. They threatened to kill them and rape their dog and they used homophobic slurs towards them. This is only one example...

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

Annie Hoey: ...3 months or to both, or (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding €250,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or to both." This section relates more to the abuse of dog licences than animal welfare, which is the issue I am discussing. However, any increase in penalties in the area of dog licensing could and should lead to less mistreatment or abuse of...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Annie Hoey: ...cruel act of war against our animals and this trade for profit take place before our eyes. I need not go into some of the ways the animals in this industry are being treated. We justify the killing of an innocent dog because it cannot continue to make those who profit from it money. Thirty-eight greyhounds are killed each month in the industry for overbreeding. That figure is...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Surviving Cohabitant’s Pension) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Annie Hoey: .... They just do not understand why the family unit that they and their partner had created, the loving family unit they had set up, was not entitled to this pension. They had a home, three kids, a dog and all those things. They had built a life together, the life they dreamed of having, and they just do not understand why that life is not recognised. It is wrong that that life is not...

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

Annie Hoey: ...State support. We do not do nearly enough about animal welfare in Ireland, which is the Minister's responsibility. There are other things in this area we need to look at such as the microchipping of dogs. Local authorities spend a great deal of time having to chase up where dogs come from. There are issues around pounds and proper resourcing for staff in the Department of Agriculture...