My Department has policy and legislative responsibility regarding the Control of Dogs Acts 1986 to 2014. Under Section 14 of the Act, every local authority shall keep a register of all seized dogs;
Every register maintained under this section shall contain the following particulars, that is to say:
(a) a description of the dog;
(b) in the case of a dog seized by a dog warden or a member of An Garda
Síochána, the date of the seizure of the dog and particulars of the manner
in which the dog is disposed of or, as the case may be, destroyed;
(c) in the case of a dog which was detained by any other person, the date of
notification of the detention to, as the case may be, the dog warden or the
member in charge of the Garda Station concerned, the place where the
dog was found, and the place where the dog is detained.
Every register maintained under this section shall be open for inspection at all reasonable times by any
interested person. Every entry in a register maintained under this section shall be retained therein for a
period of not less than one year.
While the Local Authorities are required to record the above details, it is a matter for the Local authorities to request any additional information as they see fit.