COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, June 08, 2020
QUESTION NO.19
QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons
To ask the Chief Executive How many fines, warnings & summonses (a break down of each) were issued under the Control of Dogs Act over the last 4 years?
REPLY:
The information requested is as follows and includes data for 2020 to date:
|
Year |
Warnings i.e. 10 day Notices* |
Fines Issued |
Cases listed for Hearing |
|
2016 |
|
1029 |
69 |
|
2017 |
|
749 |
28 |
|
2018 |
670 |
297 |
30 |
|
2019 |
780 |
73 |
22 |
|
2020 |
119 |
22 |
10 |
|
TOTAL |
1569 |
2170 |
159 |
* 10-Day Notices were issued from 9th April 2018 onward, this gave dog owners ten days to apply for a licence and avoid a fine in so doing.
Receipts from dog fines and from dog licences are set out below. Both have seen an increase since the change to issuing 10 day notices in April 2018.
|
receipt type |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
|
Control of Dogs Fines € |
2,620.00 |
1,680.00 |
1,600.00 |
1,765.00 |
800.00 |
|
Dog licences receipts € |
180,020.00 |
175,056.00 |
191,461.00 |
194,000.00 |
68,000.00 |