Dog licences and unlicensed dogs
The Minister reported 104,184 licences issued in 1979, but could not estimate the total number of dogs. Bruton said many dogs remain unlicensed, causing livestock losses, and the Minister undertook to pass on his concern about enforcement.
The number of dog licences taken out in the year 1979, the most recent year for which full figures are available, was 104,184.
Comment on this
Is the Minister aware that only a small proportion of all the dogs known to be in existence are licensed and that the system is not working? As a result many farmers are losing livestock because of marauding stray unlicensed dogs.
Comment on this
The implementation of the system and the sanctions to be imposed on those who do not take out licences is not a matter for me, but I will convey the Deputy's concern to the Minister concerned.
