Written answers
Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Control of Dogs
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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627. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans in relation to the control of dogs regulations and legislation relative to the outcome of the recent survey conducted by his Department and the report that followed. [55085/23]
Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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In January this year I convened a Working Group on the Control of Dogs. The Group is composed of officials at my Department, the Department of Rural and Community Development, representatives of the County and City Managers Association, including representatives of local authority dog wardens and veterinary inspectors, and representatives of An Garda Síochána. Its report was approved by cabinet at the end of March and is available at gov.ie - Working Group on Control of Dogs (www.gov.ie).
Recommendations of that report are currently under review by the relevant Departments.
Responsibility for the Control of Dogs Act lies with the Department of Rural and Community Development.
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