Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 September 2020
917. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands the number of dog breeding establishments licensed in each county in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [23377/20]
Amharc ar fhreagra918. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands the number of breeding bitches licensed in each dog breeding establishment in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [23378/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 917 and 918 together.
It is the responsibility of each local authority to maintain the register of dog breeding establishments in its administrative area. However, my Department does publish annual statistics on a range of local authority dog control responsibilities, including in relation to dog breeding establishments. This information is collated from annual returns received from local authorities. Information up to and including 2018 is available on Gov.ie at the following link https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/879d4c-dog-control-statistics/.
The information requested regarding numbers of dog breeding establishments licensed in each county is also provided in tabular form below, for the years 2015 to 2018.
The information published by my Department does not include the number of breeding bitches licensed in each dog breeding establishment, but this information can be examined in the registers which are available for inspection at each local authority.
It is planned to publish the 2019 Dog Control Annual Statistics on Gov.ie during October. The 2020 Dog Control Annual Statistics will be published in 2021.
Dog Breeding Establishments 2015 - 2018
|
Local Authority (LA) |
Total number of premises on LA Register at 31/12/15 |
Total number of premises on LA Register at 31/12/16 |
Total number of premises on LA Register at 31/12/17 |
Total number of premises on LA Register at 31/12/18 |
|
Carlow |
8 |
9 |
10 |
9 |
|
Cavan |
9 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
|
Clare |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Cork City |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Cork County |
23 |
26 |
35 |
39 |
|
Donegal |
4 |
7 |
8 |
6 |
|
Dublin City |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Dún Laoghaire/ Rathdown |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fingal |
5 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
|
Galway City |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Galway County |
6 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
|
Kerry |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Kildare |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
Kilkenny |
16 |
17 |
16 |
16 |
|
Laois |
8 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
|
Leitrim |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
Limerick City & County |
33 |
34 |
36 |
35 |
|
Longford |
8 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
|
Louth |
6 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
|
Mayo |
8 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
|
Meath |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
|
Monaghan |
13 |
14 |
14 |
14 |
|
Offaly |
8 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
|
Roscommon |
4 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
|
Sligo |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
South Dublin |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Tipperary |
19 |
17 |
17 |
19 |
|
Waterford City & County |
3 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
|
Westmeath |
13 |
11 |
9 |
10 |
|
Wexford |
23 |
26 |
28 |
25 |
|
Wicklow |
10 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
|
TOTAL |
243 |
248 |
258 |
253 |
