Control of Dogs

Thursday, 7 March 2019

Ceisteanna (209)

Róisín Shortall

Ceist:

209. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of dogs destroyed in each of the past three years for which figures are available by local authority and pound. [11332/19]

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Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development

My Department publishes statistics in respect of a range of dog control responsibilities of local authorities, including the number of dogs euthanised in local authority pounds. Information up to and including 2017 is available on my Department’s website at the following link:

https://drcd.gov.ie/dog-control/view-our-dog-control-statistics/

The specific information requested is also outlined in the below table.

I am pleased to note that the total number of dogs euthanised in 2017 in local authority pounds reduced relative to the previous year by over 40% (to 996), continuing the trend in the decline in the number of dogs being euthanised – down from a high of just over 21,000 in 2002.

The statistics for 2018 are currently being collated and when checked and verified will be published on my Department's website.

Local Authority	Dogs Euthanized in 2015	Dogs Euthanized in 2016	Dogs Euthanized in 2017
Carlow	2	5	2
Cavan	7	14	0
Clare	183	129	19
Cork City	47	50	43
Cork County	212	92	87
Donegal	184	103	21
Dublin City	22	17	14
Dún Laoghaire/ Rathdown	5	4	20
Fingal	32	14	17
Galway City	72	16	7
Galway County	26	19	22
Kerry	127	187	157
Kildare	15	23	11
Kilkenny	10	6	6
Laois	16	10	0
Leitrim	2	1	6
Limerick City & County	249	274	84
Longford	21	21	6
Louth	55	48	40
Mayo	15	17	25
Meath	15	4	4
Monaghan	14	8	9
Offaly	38	31	12
Roscommon	51	27	5
Sligo	22	5	3
South Dublin	81	74	61
Tipperary	130	195	143
Waterford City & County	80	32	9
Westmeath	51	54	35
Wexford	232	171	121
Wicklow	11	23	7
TOTALS	2,027	1,674	996