Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress of the consultative review of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; if stakeholders interested in contributing will be given the opportunity to contribute to the consultation; when he will make available the text of the first draft of that review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36498/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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In late 2015, my Department agreed to begin a process of review of the current Dog Breeding Establishment Guidelines, with meetings to review the Guidelines commencing last January. The work undertaken to date has been to produce a first draft revision, which is currently under consideration in my Department.

I intend to extend the consultation process on the guidelines shortly at which time the text of the first draft of the review will be made available.