Dog registered & microchip law

Prince William

3 years ago a law came into force that it's mandatory for all dogs to be registered and microchipped, failure to comply with the law carries a penalty of a fine of 5k or 6 months in prison. Is this law being enforced? Has anyone been prosecuted for failure to comply with the law? My arse they have.

corner of hells

Prince William wrote: »

3 years ago a law came into force that it's mandatory for all dogs to be registered and microchipped, failure to comply with the law carries a penalty of a fine of 5k or 6 months in prison. Is this law being enforced? Has anyone been prosecuted for failure to comply with the law? My arse they have.

How's Philip after the crash ?

Prince William

corner of hells wrote: »

How's Philip after the crash ?

Not a bother, thanks for your concern.

Prince William

What was the point of this law when it clearly isn't being inforced???

whisky_galore

Prince William wrote: »

What was the point of this law when it clearly isn't being inforced???

There is no point.

Welcome to Ireland, enjoy your stay.

shar01

Wait until a child is savaged by an unregistered dog. Then cue the anguished hand-wringing accompanied by "whoy didn't de guards do someting".

And that's how we do enforcement in Ireland*

*Please refer to "the Clancy amendment" for detail

corner of hells

shar01 wrote: »

Wait until a child is savaged by an unregistered dog. Then cue the anguished hand-wringing accompanied by "whoy didn't de guards do someting".

And that's how we do enforcement in Ireland*

*Please refer to "the Clancy amendment" for detail

It's hard to make out your post , are you complaining about the dog , dog owner or Gardai ?
How would you suggest enforcing the laws around microchipping ?

Using the Clancy Amendment is a really poor analogy.

Prince William

Speaking of the Clancy Amendment, in my experience the law that requires learner drivers to be accompanied by a full licenced driver is not common in other countries.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Prince William wrote: »

Speaking of the Clancy Amendment, in my experience the law that requires learner drivers to be accompanied by a full licenced driver is not common in other countries.

Off the top of my head, the same rule (or more strict rules) apply in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and some states of the US and Canada.

shar01

corner of hells wrote: »

It's hard to make out your post , are you complaining about the dog , dog owner or Gardai ?
How would you suggest enforcing the laws around microchipping ?

Using the Clancy Amendment is a really poor analogy.

Just poor enforcement of laws in general. I don't think it would be good use of garda resources to go around scanning dogs. That's something that could be delegated to dog wardens.

Unaccompanied L driving has been an offence for a while. Unfortunately it was the deaths of Geraldine and Louise that brought the practice into the limelight.

That's generally how things are done in Ireland. Wait until things come to a head and then bring in new legislation when it usually a matter of enforcing what's there.

Sorry I've one eye on the rugby and trying to type. Words probably not making sense

whisky_galore

Basically lack of resources and a segment of the population ill schooled on civic mindedness who think laws don't apply to them.
i.e. they don't give a **** and know there's little chance of getting caught.

RustyNut

Prince William wrote: »

What was the point of this law when it clearly isn't being inforced???

My guess is that some friend or relation of whatever minister brought in this law has the agency for selling the chips or keeping the register.

Call me cynical.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Oscar Famous Manager wrote: »

Off the top of my head, the same rule (or more strict rules) apply in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and some states of the US and Canada.

Switzerland, Israel and Sweden too, and I'm sure there are others.

ganmo

The control of dogs act states all dogs should have contact details of the owners on a collar...So it's not a new problem.

Ps the dog wardens would be the main ppl to prosecute this and cocos don't want to spend money on prosecutions

twowheelsonly

Do the gardai even have scanning equipment or access to it ?
I'd imagine that this is job for the dog wardens.

dxhound2005

Prince William wrote: »

3 years ago a law came into force that it's mandatory for all dogs to be registered and microchipped, failure to comply with the law carries a penalty of a fine of 5k or 6 months in prison. Is this law being enforced? Has anyone been prosecuted for failure to comply with the law? My arse they have.

Report any cases you know about and see what happens.

davidk1394

Guards don’t care. Owners of the dogs don’t care. It’s a waste of time. Any issues we have with dogs roaming our land go missing.

dxhound2005

davidk1394 wrote: »

Guards don’t care. Owners of the dogs don’t care. It’s a waste of time. Any issues we have with dogs roaming our land go missing.

That should be prosecuted under the 1986 Control of Dogs Act.

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1986/act/32/enacted/en/html

ganmo

dxhound2005 wrote: »

That should be prosecuted under the 1986 Control of Dogs Act.

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1986/act/32/enacted/en/html

Been there done that, gardai and judges think a dead dog is punishment enough

davidk1394

dxhound2005 wrote: »

That should be prosecuted under the 1986 Control of Dogs Act.

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1986/act/32/enacted/en/html

Went through it before. It took 2 years to get to court through the DPP. Neighbor had a choice to pay for the damages or go to jail for 6 months. Paid the damages

Chinasea

It’s all so skewed.

Yet try bringing your fully vaccinated, wormed, clean and very well behaved dog into a shop, bar, supermarket, bookies and they all become hysterical quoting multiples of never enforced bylaws...