Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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876. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of licensed dogs in Ireland by local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41343/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Each year my Department publishes annual statistics on gov.ie in respect of a range of dog control responsibilities of local authorities, including the statistics sought.  Information up to and including 2019 is available at the following link https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/879d4c-dog-control-statistics/ 

The total number of dog licences issued in 2019, which may be found on page 3 of the 2019 statistics, was 217,261. This includes 212,559 individual dog licences, 4,378 lifetime of dog licences and 324 general dog licences. The general dog licence covers an unspecified number of dogs in the one premises.  The annual dog licence and general dog licence are valid for one year while the lifetime of dog licence is valid for the dog’s lifetime.

The 2020 dog control statistics will be collated and published in 2021.