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- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 Jan 2024)
Rónán Mullen: ...example there. On 4 January what I would regard as a mysterious consultation appeared on the website of the Department of agriculture. I felt it was artfully hidden under seven statutory notices on dog ear-cropping regulations. It was the only item not headlined at the top of the page. It seemed as though people were not meant to notice it. That consultation being announced is on a...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 Jan 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: ...shock them every time we wanted to deliver a message, it would be a pretty effective way of getting their attention and getting a result, but it would be very cruel.If you are to put a collar on a dog and shock it every time you want to get its attention or get a desired outcome, it might be effective but it is cruel too. Regarding the consultation, we will get everybody’s views on...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 Jan 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister for his response, and the deadline extension is very welcome. I am a dog owner. I have no vested interest because I have a loveable but cowardly collie who does not need any such collar for training. However, as to the question of whether it is a shock, scientists say that this is more like a pulse. I think the Minister is conceding the principle if he is not...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 Jan 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: We have a real issue with dog worrying and sheep kills. However, in those cases, it is irresponsible and reckless behaviour by owners who are not keeping track of where their dogs are and their dogs are escaping and killing sheep. The owners normally are not there with a remote control to call them back; the dogs are normally causing slaughter. Therefore, the idea that the collar is being...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 Jan 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: That is a perimeter around a garden. This is an important consultation. I do not think it is the way to train dogs. I spent much of my youth training dogs and sheepdogs for local farmers. Anybody who has to use one of these is not a good trainer.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 Jan 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: That is not how you train dogs.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 Jan 2024)
Charlie McConalogue: That is not how you train dogs. There is a purpose and use for them regarding keeping dogs safe no more than I would stay from an electric fence as you, an animal or a dog would. That is boundary fence.