Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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1159. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development following the public consultation which closed in February 2017, when the new guidelines associated with the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 will be published. [46434/17]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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As set out in my reply to Question No. 633 of 25 October 2017, the then Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government agreed to begin a process of review of the current Dog Breeding Establishment Guidelines in late 2015. The review was subsequently broadened 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.

Responsibility for the Control of Dogs Acts 1986 to 2014, including responsibility for the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010, was recently delegated to Mr. Seán Kyne, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development. The Department has completed its review of the feedback and data received through the consultation process and the findings will be submitted to Minister Kyne shortly.