Mr Coveney told Independent TD Maureen O’Sullivan the Department of Agriculture was contacting hunt clubs to ensure the voluntary codes of conduct were put into a formal code, which the depa... Read more
Gardaí in Trim, Co Meath, are investigating claims of a breach of legislation outlawing the hunting of stags, Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald has confirmed. She told Independent TD M... Read more
On Tuesday I asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he is pursuing a badger cull when guarantees have been given about rolling out a vaccination programme for bad... Read more
Greyhounds are kept for two reasons: for racing on the track with a mechanical hare, and for coursing, in which wild hares are captured within an enclosure. The National Parks and Wildlife S... Read more
I went into the Animal Welfare Conference in Dublin Castle on Friday, organised by the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney. The first session was chaired and facilitated by Sharon Ní Bheo... Read more
I will probably be the only Deputy who will raise the subject of animal welfare, about which I am concerned. Despite the recent legislation and efforts by some of us really to address animal... Read more
I was shocked this morning to find that this was the one item that had come up, which was very disappointing. I also acknowledge what the Minister said about the tremendous work done by welf... Read more
It is disappointing that we are looking at further regulation rather than an outright ban on practices that bring about suffering and cruelty to animals. I am thinking about farming friends... Read more
