Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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352. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update and specific timeline as to when we can expect the publication and entry into force of the regulations banning the use on dogs and cats of electronic shock collars operated by hand-held remote controls. [10378/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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The use of remotely controlled electronic shock collars in dogs and cats has been banned in several European countries on the grounds of animal welfare. The Advisory Council on Companion Animal Welfare, which was established by my Department under an independent chair, as part of my Department's wider animal welfare strategy, advises me on animal welfare matters and considered the question of whether the use of remotely controlled electronic shock collars on dogs and cats ought to be banned in Ireland.

As part of this process, my Department held a public consultation, in 2024, with the results available here: .

Officials from my Department are working on the regulation and it is hoped to publish it later this year.