Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 75: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is committed to commencing the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010. [11536/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009 passed all Stages in the Seanad on 14 July, 2010 and was signed by the President on 21 July, 2010. I understand that the Act was not commenced, under the last Government, primarily in order to allow sufficient time for the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to progress the Greyhound Welfare Bill 2010, providing separately for the regulation of greyhounds. This Bill was introduced in the Seanad in January 2011 and remains on the Seanad Order paper.

My Department is consulting with colleagues in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to the synchronization of the two pieces of legislation and I am keeping the issue of commencement of the Act under review pending the outcome of those discussions.