Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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846. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown, by local authority, of the number of dogs euthanised in dog kennels and pounds in the past five years. [62754/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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Each year my Department collects and collates statistics from local authorities in relation to dog control services, with 2024 representing the most recent full year for which statistics are available. These statistics include the number of dogs that are euthanised.

The report notes that there was a 10% year-on-year increase in the number of dogs euthanised in local authority pounds/shelters in 2024, following a 75% year-on-year increase from 2022 to 2023. However, it should be noted that the overall number of dogs euthanised in local authority pounds/shelter remains significantly below where it was a decade ago, and the overall trend of euthanisations over that period is a downward one.

The numbers of dogs euthanised by local authority for the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive are provided in tabular form in the attached table. Statistics relating to dog control since 2010 are published and available on: www.gov.ie/en/collection/879d4c-dog-control-statistics/.

Number of Dogs Euthanised