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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, January 12, 2015

QUESTION NO. 12

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

To ask the Chief Executive to present a report on the excellent dog warden service throughout the SDCC area?

REPLY:

South Dublin County Council has a team of two (2) Dog Wardens who enforce the provisions of the Control of Dogs Act 1986, as amended, (the Act) and all Control of Dogs Regulations. They patrol the County to ensure that the public are protected from dangerous and/or nuisance dogs.

The Dog Wardens patrol the County to ensure that all dogs are licensed and kept under effectual control. Stray and/or unwanted dogs are seized, transported to and detained at Ashton Pound, which provides a pound service on behalf of the Council.

Fines are issued by the Dog Wardens to dog owners for failure to have a licence (Section 2 of the Act) or failure to keep a dog under effectual control (Section 9 of the Act). Where fines are not paid within the period specified in the Act, legal proceedings are initiated for recovery.

The following table reflects the extent of Dog Warden Services in the county from 1/1/2014 to 30/11/2014 incl.

	1st January to 30th November 2014
Number of Licences	9,630
Seized	811
Re-homed	511
Re-claimed	184
Section 2 Fines Issued	950
Prosecutions for Breach of Section 2	44
Convictions for Breach of Section 2	19
Section 9 Fines Issued	38
Prosecutions for Breach of Section 9	8
Convictions for Breach of Section 9	1