Dog Licence

If you have a dog over 4 months old, you must have a licence for it and the person to whom the licence is issued must be over 16 years of age, if the dog is under 4 months old it must be with the dam. 

Annual Dog Licence (€20 fee) and Lifetime Dog Licence (€140 fee) can either be purchased online https://www.licences.ie/ILAS or from any Post Office.  Annual and Lifetime Licences cannot be purchased at Fingal County Council offices.  

Free internet access is available at all Fingal County Council Libraries in order to access An Post’s website. (link to An Post Licence page here) https://www.anpost.com/Government-Services/Dog-Licence 

General Dog Licence, entitling you to keep an unspecified number of dogs (€400 per year), can be purchased directly from the Council Cash Office in Swords or Blanchardstown.  Application form available online (link to form here) 

If you do not have a licence for your dog, you may be given a 10 Day Notice, in which time, you need to purchase and produce your dog licence by emailing [email protected] a copy of the licence. Alternatively, you may receive an   “on-the-spot” fine of €100. Failure to pay this fine can lead to a prosecution with a maximum fine of €1,269.74 and/or up to 3 months imprisonment if convicted. 

Changes to your dog licence details can be made by emailing [email protected]  

Control of Dogs Act 1986: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1986/act/32/enacted/en/print.html 

Control of Dogs (Amendment) Act 1992: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1992/act/13/enacted/en/print.html