Chamber and committees

Drugs seem to have been mentioned quite a lot in relation to greyhound racing. What percentage of the cases that you are called out to relate to drugs? What about domestic cases?

Have you ever carried out other such investigations relating to general pet ownership?

I have another question, which I will direct to the RSPCA. Did you look at any alternatives to a ban?

How can the industry give that assurance from cradle to grave if part of it is regulated in Ireland?

That issue is not typical of greyhound owners, is it?

Yes.

I have a question for the SSPCA. Gilly, you talked earlier about the number of complaints, and I am sure that I picked up that you said there were three. Over what period was that and how does that compare with the number of complaints regarding other domestic dogs? How many complaints about animal welfare do you get per year?

When you were going out to such incidents on a daily basis, how many would you get called to, on average, in a week?

In previous committee meetings, we have heard that there is a relationship between organised crime and domestic pet ownership.

I raised that issue last week, in relation to the pause in the supersponsor scheme and Ukrainian families having to relocate to parts of Scotland, which causes another upheaval for them and for their children’s education.

Pinar Aksu, I picked up on some of the points that you made about doing things differently and using local authorities. Would you recommend that local authorities take a different stance? How can they when there is such a housing shortage?