Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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1012. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of registered puppy farms and registered dog breeding establishments for each of the years 2010 to 2020. [23971/21]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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1013. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of inspections at registered puppy farms and registered dog breeding establishments for each year from 2010 to 2020. [23972/21]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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1014. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of violations by registered puppy farms and registered dog breeding establishments for each year from 2010 to 2020. [23973/21]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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1015. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of dogs or puppies sold or bred by registered puppy farms and registered dog breeding establishments in each of the years 2010 to 2020. [23974/21]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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1016. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of operations against illegal puppy farms and or illegal dog breeding establishments in each year from 2010 to 2020. [23977/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1012 to 1016, inclusive, together.

Each year my Department publishes annual statistics in respect of a range of the dog control responsibilities of local authorities, including those that relate to dog breeding establishments. This information is collated from annual returns received from all local authorities. Information up to and including 2019, by county and in tabular form is available at

Information regarding dog breeding establishments can be found on pages 12-14 of the 2019 dog control statistics, with page 12 outlining the number of inspections carried out and improvement notices issued to premises registered for the first time in 2019. Page 12 also outlines that one unregistered dog breeding establishment was issued with a closure notice in 2019. Page 13 details the number of inspections, applications refused and improvement notices issued to existing premises in 2019.

Page 14, which is a summary page, shows that the number of dog breeding establishments in 2019 was 249. This figure includes 88 Commercial Dog Breeding Establishments (CDBEs), 88 Hunts Clubs and 52Commercial Boarding Kennels (CBKs). The remainder of the 249 total comprises Animal Welfare Shelters and training kennels.

The 2020 Dog Control Statistics are currently being collated and when checked and verified will be published on gov.ie later this year. The 2021 statistics will be published in 2022.

I have no information on the number of dogs or pups sold or bred by registered dog breeding establishments.