Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the use of the captive bolt is either in practise or permitted in dog pounds. [39338/14]

Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a ministerial guideline on the killing of dogs in pounds. [39339/14]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 130 and 131 together.

The operation of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986, including the establishment and maintenance of shelters for dogs and the destruction of dogs in a shelter in a humane manner is a matter for the relevant local authority.

No ministerial guidelines have issued in relation to the issue outlined.