Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 November 2023
383. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill 2022 will include a ban on surgical artificial inseminations carried out on greyhounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49626/23]
View answerI am aware of the concerns raised in relation to the issue of surgical artificial insemination in canines and I have noted the concerns raised in the 2022 report on dogs of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, which called for a ban on the practice of surgical artificial insemination in dogs, as well as the report of the the Working Group on Control of Dogs, which included a recommendation that surgical artificial insemination in canines ought to be prohibited.
Officials from my Department are continuing to examine this issue.
The Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill 2022 that you refer to is a a Private Members Bill which is before the Seanad. The text of that bill is available at: data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2022/54/eng/initiated/b5422s.pdf.
