Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the Revised Draft of Dog Breeding Establishment Guidelines, November 2016, which have been published recently apply to dog boarding kennels or just to dog breeding operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7742/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Section 2 of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 defines a dog breeding establishment as ‘‘a premises at which bitches are kept, not less than 6 of which are:

(a) more than 6 months old, and

(b) capable of being used for breeding purposes, but shall not include a local authority pound”.

The current dog breeding establishment guidelines and the revised draft guidelines, the subject of the current public consultation process, apply to all premises as defined in the Act.