Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independents 4 Change)
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1898. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will direct her Department to bring a person (details supplied) to the courts for failing to display a registered number issued by the relevant local authority to the dog-breeding establishment under the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010. [63405/22]

Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent)
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1904. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will direct her Department to investigate registration issues in respect of a specific dog breeding establishment (details supplied) to ascertain whether unlicensed activity is being undertaken at same; the sanctions and enforcement her Department may be considering in respect of the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63786/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1898 and 1904 together.

My Department has policy responsibility for the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010. The Act provides a robust regulatory framework for the licensing, monitoring and inspection of dog breeding establishments by local authorities and, where a serious and immediate threat exists to public health or animal health and welfare, for the closure of such establishments.

Under the Dog Breeding Establishments Act, 2010, local authorities are responsible for all operational activities such as the registration, inspection and regulation of Dog Breeding Establishments, including enforcement activities.

It is the responsibility of each local authority to maintain the register of dog breeding establishments in its functional area. The Act also places an obligation on any person seeking to operate a dog breeding establishment to have the premises included on the local authority register and to display the DBE registration certificate, as issued by the relevant local authority, in a prominent position at the premises. It is a matter for each local authority to ensure compliance with this requirement and my Department has no function in this operational activity.

Separately, the non-inclusion of the DBE Registration Number, as issued by the relevant local authority, on any advertisement under the Animal Health and Welfare (Sale or Supply of Pet Animals) Regulations 2019, falls under the remit ofthe Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.