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- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Thomas Byrne: I want to thank the Deputies for raising this serious matter on the upcoming regulation on what are called the XL bully-type dogs, which I think are recognised in some countries as a breed, and in others may not be. That will come into effect on 1 October. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, announced a ban on the XL bully dogs in the interest of public safety and human safety following...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Neasa Hourigan: I will reiterate that we are 12 days away and none of us has seen those regulations. That is why there is an urgency about a delay. I have some more questions. The Minister of State mentioned issues such as exemption certificates. We do not know yet why, unlike the UK, no third-party public liability insurance is required for exemptions. We do not know what the conditions of exemptions...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Chris Andrews: Bans do not work. This ban is populist, and it is being done with a view to the election that is coming up. Why is the Minister of State not making sure that the existing laws are being implemented and enforced? This Government has been in place for five years and there has been no dent in the illegal puppy farms. I find it ironic that Ireland will have a wolfhound on its passports, given...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Thomas Byrne: The Government recognises that some people may not agree with the decision, and I also note that the Deputies are coming at this from different perspectives. Both of them have raised reasonable issues and I have no doubt about that. To reply to Deputy Andrews, the reality is that these dogs have only been bred in the last number of decades. They are not as ancient as the Irish...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Chris Andrews: It is an animal welfare issue. They are still animals.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Thomas Byrne: I am not sure we-----
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Chris Andrews: They are still animals.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Thomas Byrne: I am not sure we should compare an XL bully to the ancient Irish wolfhound, which has been a breed of dog in this country for centuries.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Chris Andrews: There is a hierarchy of animals, is there?
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Seán Canney: Deputy.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Thomas Byrne: There are public safety issues here, and we need to be aligned with our nearest neighbours. We have little choice but to address this with regulation. On the reasonable point that Deputy Hourigan raised, the Department of Rural and Community Development is in discussions with the Department of agriculture in relation to the proposed transfer of the local authority veterinary service to...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Chris Andrews: It is populist. It is a populist decision.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Thomas Byrne: -----and have led to deaths in a number of instances.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Chris Andrews: It is a populist decision.
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (19 Sep 2024)
School Transport
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (19 Sep 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I will slightly recast the Topical Issue that I submitted, which was not to deal with school bus transport in west Waterford. It was specifically on a school transport issue arising between Ardmore and Dungarvan. If the Minister of State does not know that part of the world well, I remind him that Ardmore is the seat of St. Declan, who converted the Déise tribe to Christianity, which...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (19 Sep 2024)
Duncan Smith: Nobody understands timetables and public transport efficiency than the users themselves. I am aware of the operational issues on Monday and Tuesday and there has been an increase in correspondence to my office since the Monday change as well, notwithstanding those operational issues. Connolly Station has always been congested and it is getting worse. There are issues right down to Grand...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (19 Sep 2024)
Thomas Byrne: I assure the Deputy that the Minister for Transport and I recognise that transport connectivity is hugely important for people who live and work in Ireland. What happened is unfortunate and it is not acceptable. There have been some improvements since the timetable changes on 16 September and I have listened to what the Deputy said. With regard to the restrictions between Drogheda and...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Control of Dogs
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)
Michael Creed: The next topical issue is in the names of Deputies Hourigan and Andrews who will have two minutes each.