Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:100 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of dogs which were reclaimed or rehoused in 1989 and 1990.
Written Answers. - Control of Dogs.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:101 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of dogs destroyed in 1989 and 1990 under section 11 (4) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:102 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of dogs seized and detained in 1989 and 1990 under section 11 (1) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:121 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of dogs seized by a member of the Garda Síochána under section 14 (2) (a) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:122 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of dogs seized by local authority dog wardens in each local authority under section 14 (1) (a) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:123 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of stray dogs seized and delivered to dog wardens under section 13 (2) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:124 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of unwanted dogs accepted by local authorities and the number of these which have been disposed of or destroyed under section 12 (1) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:125 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of dogs seized and detained under section 11 (2) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 100, 101, 102, 121 to 125, inclusive, together.
Based on information supplied by the local authorities, the number of dogs seized in each local authority area in 1989 and 1990 is set out in the following tabular statement.
The total numbers of dogs reclaimed or rehoused, destroyed and surrendered were as follows:
|
1989 |
1990 |
|
|
Reclaimed or Rehoused |
1,525 |
1,781 |
|
Destroyed |
30,093 |
N.A. |
|
Surrendered |
15,987 |
11,642 |
Information broken down by reference to the various provisions of the Act is not available in my Department.
|
Dogs seized |
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|
Local Authority Area |
1989 |
1990 |
|
Carlow — see Kilkenny |
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|
Cavan |
300 |
405 |
|
Clare |
182 |
635 |
|
Cork |
1,408 |
1,193 |
|
Cork CB |
555 |
460 |
|
Donegal |
608 |
1,172 |
|
Dublin |
1,014 |
1,134 |
|
Dublin CB |
775 |
620 |
|
Dún Laoghaire Borough |
350 |
73 |
|
Galway |
392 |
466 |
|
Galway CB |
484 |
168 |
|
Kerry |
201 |
234 |
|
Kildare |
414 |
350 |
|
Kilkenny (with Carlow) |
286 |
285 |
|
Laois |
280 |
217 |
|
Leitrim |
25 |
223 |
|
Limerick |
410 |
423 |
|
Limerick CB |
400 |
275 |
|
Longford |
87 |
164 |
|
Louth |
1,642 |
1,487 |
|
Mayo |
575 |
527 |
|
Meath |
1,438 |
1,102 |
|
Monaghan |
388 |
734 |
|
Offaly |
251 |
331 |
|
Roscommon |
259 |
332 |
|
Sligo |
47 |
454 |
|
Tipperary NR |
188 |
158 |
|
Tipperary SR |
380 |
168 |
|
Waterford |
961 |
213 |
|
Waterford CB |
837* |
|
|
Westmeath |
91 |
71 |
|
Wexford |
939 |
468 |
|
Wicklow |
291 |
89 |
*Includes dogs surrendered.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:103 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of search warrants issued, since 1986, under section 26 (1) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:104 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of court orders, since 1986 under section 25 (1) (a) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:105 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of court orders made since 1986 under section 25 (1) (b) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:106 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of court orders made since 1986 under section 25 (1) (c) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:107 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of persons who have been charged and the number who have been found guilty since 1986, of an offence under section 16 (3) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:108 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of persons who have been found guilty of an offence under section 9 (2) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986, as a result of their dogs worrying livestock.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:109 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of persons found liable for injury or damage since 1986, under section 21 (1) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:110 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of persons disqualified from keeping a dog since 1986 under section 18(1) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:111 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of persons found guilty of an offence since 1986 under section 18 (3) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:112 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of court orders which have issued since 1986 under section 22 (1) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
Eamon Gilmore
Ceist:116 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment the number of persons who have been charged and the number of persons who have been found guilty of an offence under section 2(1) (A) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 103 to 112, inclusive, and 116 together.
The only information collected by my Department on the operation of the enforcement provisions of the 1986 Act relates to the total number of prosecutions under the Act and the total number of on the spot fine notices issued. In 1990, 510 such prosecutions were taken and 230 conviction were secured. In addition, a total of 6,766 fine on the spot notices were issued, of which 1,971 were paid. Figures for 1988 and 1989 were published in the Environment Bulletin for July/September 1989 and July/September 1990, respectively.