Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 September 2022
290. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 2110 of 8 September 2022, if he agrees that by this logic, an animal is not considered wild unless it is a protected species (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47475/22]
View answerAs the Deputy is aware The National Parks and Wildlife Service has advised my Department that the goat is not listed as a protected species under the Wildlife Act 1976. Therefore it is not considered that a goat is categorised as a wild animal under the Circuses (Prohibition on Use of Wild Animals) Regulations 2017.
S.I. 482 of 2017 Circuses (prohibition use of wild animals regulations 2017) prohibits the use of wild animals in a travelling performance or show. For the purpose of that specific legislation a wild animal in the context of performing is defined as an animal not commonly domesticated in the State.
