Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 318: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding is available from his Department to local authorities for the provision of dog shelters and dog wardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9064/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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My Department does not provide specific funding to local authorities for the provision of dog shelters and dog wardens.

The Control of Dogs Acts 1986 and 1992, place statutory responsibility for dog control on local authorities. The implementation of the Acts is vested in local authorities who finance their dog control service from general income, including that accruing through dog licence fees, on-the-spot fines, pound fees etc.