Intent: Secure funding and implementation of the agreement with DAFM on Syndromic Surveilleance.
Details: Communications with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer regarding the implementation of an agreement with DAFM in relation to Syndromic Surveillance.
Intent: Ireland to support an EU ban on fur farming
Details: Email to DPO regarding support for the Eurogroup for Animals campaign for an EU-wide ban on fur farming & to raise our concerns about the European Commission upcoming announcements on its final response to the ECI Fur Free Europe. And to ask Ireland to support a ban on fur farming at the meeting of , ...
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
Details: Sent email to DPO supporting the Eurogroup for Animals campaign for an EU-wide ban on fur farming. The communication related to the forthcoming European Commission Communication on fur farming and Austria’s proposed Council Resolution at AGRIFISH. Urged Ireland to support coordinated EU action to pr, ...
Intent: Legislative review & stronger regulations in the following areas; dog breeding, horse drawn vehicles in cities & towns, sulky horse use, fox hunting & greyhound racing
Details: NSPCA launch of its 5-year strategy on Wednesday, aimed at strengthening laws on dog breeding, horse-drawn vehicles in cities & towns, ban on for sulky racing on public roads, banning fox hunting for sport and banning greyhound racing in Ireland
RPP contacted Gerard McCallig (not a DPO) and two other DPOs Lorna Meaney & Eoin Ryan both Deputy Chief Veterinary Officers at the Department of Agriculture.The Department in the person of Mr. Gerard McCallig, informed RPP that the Department is currently open to applications to be included as an associated event to Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU and invited RPP to complete a form and submit it for review. - Email