Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 January 2015
553. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of seized dogs or dogs otherwise in the care of local authorities by county for the past three years; and the number of these dogs that were successfully rehomed. [2230/15]
View answer554. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if measures are being considered to publish the registers of seized dogs as per section 14 of the Control of Dogs Act 1986 held by local authorities online or in a form easily accessible to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2231/15]
View answer555. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures put in place by his Department to ensure that dogs in the care of local authorities are adequately cared for with appropriate accommodation and veterinary care, including those put into the care of outsourced companies or institutions by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2232/15]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 553 to 555, inclusive, together.
Each year, my Department publishes statistics in respect of a range of dog control responsibilities of local authorities, including the statistics sought in the Questions under reply. Information up to 2013 is available on the Publications page of my Department’s website at http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/LocalGovernment/DogControl/.
My Department will shortly be compiling local authority statistics in respect of 201 4. Once received and verified, they will be published. Animal health and welfare policy is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, the provisions of which apply to all animals including those in dog pounds.
