Clare’s County Dog Warden insists fines must be enforced by councils in order to address the issue of dog fouling.
It’s after the Environment Minister announced extra resources for local authorities to deal with the problem in the streets.
Environment Minister Denis Naughten described the increasing prevalence of dog fouling a “personal bugbear” of his, as he announced the extra resources.
Existing measures have been brought in by many local authorities including Clare.
These include talking lamp posts, the provision of sign posts and dog waste bins and bags.
The Minister hopes that along with the additional funding, this will tackle the problem.
It’s already an offence under Section 22 of the Litter Pollution Act not to clean up after your dog and it can result in an on-the-spot fine of 150 euro.
Clare’s County Dog Warden is welcoming the plans but says these fines must be enforced to stop the fouling happening.
Frankie Coote highlighted Lahinch as one area where things have got out of control.
