The Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Politician(s) lobbied: Paul Lawless (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: To raise NSPCA concerns about Equine ID & Traceability

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Máire Devine (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Ward (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aengus Ó Snodaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Chris Andrews (Senator), Seanad

Intent: To explore the current issues around lack of regulation in this industry in Dublin & how to progress legislative review.

Methods: Meeting

Politician(s) lobbied: AnnMarie Farrelly (Chief Executive Officer), Fingal County Council

Intent: The urgent need for Fingal County Council to integrate a clear, enforceable, and welfare-led equine management strategy into the development process.

Methods: Submission

Politician(s) lobbied: June Fanning (Chief Veterinary Officer), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; James Choiseul (Head of Agricultural Laboratories), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Eoin Ryan (Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Lorna Meaney (Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Intent: Ireland to support an EU ban on fur farming

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

Intent: To highlight the serious concerns for animal welfare, public safety & lack of regulation in this horse drawn carriage industry in Dublin. To request meeting with Minister O’Brien.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Intent: Meeting with Minister Heydon to outline our concerns about the equine welfare issues on Dunsink landfill, the planned rezoning and proposals from NSPCA to ensure that planning decisions are welfare led.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; June Fanning (Chief Veterinary Officer), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Eoin Ryan (Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Lorna Meaney (Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Intent: Ireland to support the Council Resolution on fur farming and call on the Commission to effectively propose a ban on the practice and on the placing of farmed fur products on the EU market

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Pat the Cope Gallagher (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Barry Heneghan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Chris Andrews (Senator), Seanad; Robert O'Donoghue (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jen Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Roderic O'Gorman (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Danny Healy-Rae (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Naoise O'Cearúil (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Aubrey McCarthy (Senator), Seanad; Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Réada Cronin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mark Wall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Erin McGreehan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Kiera Keogh (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Eamon Scanlon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Marian Harkin (Minister of State), Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science; Jennifer Whitmore (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Laura Harmon (Senator), Seanad; Nessa Cosgrove (Senator), Seanad; Malcolm Noonan (Senator), Seanad; Patricia Stephenson (Senator), Seanad; Maria Byrne (Senator), Seanad; Sharon Keogan (Senator), Seanad; Robbie Gallagher (Senator), Seanad; Gayle Ralph (Councillor), Dublin City Council; Eoin Ryan (Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Intent: Legislative review & stronger regulations in the following areas; dog breeding, horse drawn vehicles in cities & towns, sulky horse use, fox hunting & greyhound racing

Methods: Event / Reception

Politician(s) lobbied: Micheál Martin (Taoiseach), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Simon Harris (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Lou McDonald (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas

Intent: Successful vote to introduce Fox Hunting ban in Ireland.

Methods: Email

Politician(s) lobbied: Martin Heydon (Minister), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Intent: Stronger EU regulations for Dogs & Cats that would encompass the following. 1. Identify and register all dogs and cats; 2. Use this Regulation as an opening for the future rules on other species that can be kept and placed on the EU market; 3. Conduct analysis and provide future safeguards for any exempted animal categories or sectors.

Methods: Letter