Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 511 and 513 of 17 January 2017, if he will clarify that if a conflict exists between Irish law and EU law, then EU rules on procurement prevail. [5041/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Under the Control of Dogs Acts, local authorities have responsibility for operating and managing dog control and licensing services in their administrative areas, including the management of dog pounds or shelters and my Department has no involvement in this process.

The procurement of any service in that regard, therefore, is a matter for each local authority, and the management and operation of such pounds or shelters are matters solely for the relevant local authority and one in which my Department has no role.

Accordingly, it is a matter for each local authority to ensure that it is compliant with all relevant national and EU legislation.