Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the fines that were issued in 2014, 2015 and 2016 to date to persons for abandoning pets. [25959/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Courts Service Act 1998 provides that management of the courts, including the provision of information on the courts system, is the responsibility of the Courts Service which is independent in exercising its functions.

However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had inquiries made and the Courts Service has informed me that it is not in a position to provide these statistics. In order for the Courts Service to provide data on a particular offence, the offence must be coded on the Criminal Case Tracking System and currently there is no offence for abandoning pets coded on the Criminal Case Tracking System.