Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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1445. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any investigations into the practice of illegally selling dogs through county council dog pounds have been conducted during the past ten years; the detail of those investigations; and the outcome of same. [31310/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The management and operation of dog pounds is a matter solely for local authorities and is a matter in which my Department has no role. I am not aware of any instances of, or investigations into, the illegal sale of dogs through local authority dog pounds.