Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the dog breeding establishment guideline review; his views on the submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24787/17]

Damien English (Meath West, 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, under the auspices of the County and City Management Association Dogs Working Group. The work undertaken to date has been to produce a first draft revision of the Guidelines.

It was considered essential to broaden the review of the Guidelines to a more formal public consultation, both for quality assurance and to address the need for openness and inclusiveness. A wide-scale formal public consultative process commenced on 1 December 2016 and closed on 28 February 2017.

My Department is currently reviewing the feedback and data received through the process before submitting the findings to me.