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Welfare of Greyhounds (Amendment) Bill 2017
- Sponsor
- Thomas P. Broughan · Independents 4 Change
- Introduced
- 21 Mar 2017
- Last updated
- 13 Feb 2020
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Makes it an offence to export greyhounds to countries not on a Minister-published white list of jurisdictions meeting adequate welfare standards.
- White list created annually by International Greyhound Forum and Bord na gCon, subject to public consultation, then approved by Minister via regulation.
- Minister may grant export licences for whitelisted countries; applicants cannot make false statements and may appeal licence refusals.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage32nd Dáil21 Mar 2017
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