Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 June 2017
2194. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of €100 on-the-spot fines issued to persons in the past three years for not holding a dog licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27390/17]
View answerUnder the Control of Dogs Acts, local authorities are solely responsible for operating and managing dog control and licensing services in their administrative areas and my Department has no direct role in this regard.
Each year my Department publishes statistics in respect of a range of dog control responsibilities of local authorities, including fines and prosecutions taken for breaches of the licensing, control and muzzling provisions of the Control of Dogs Acts.
Information up to 2015 is available on my Department's website at the following weblink:http://www.housing.gov.ie/search/archived/current/sub-type/dog-control/type/statistics?query =.
My Department is currently collating and validating the annual statistics in respect of 2016 and once validated, they will be published on my Department's website.
