Mr. Hugh Farrell:

I will follow on from that point. Many forests tender out the culling of deer to various groups. In the course of being hunted the deer are racing and they break down many boundary fences. That is a big complaint coming from many farmers.

In response to what Deputy Stanley said on deer, our proposal was that the Department with responsibility for wildlife, through the TB programme, must take responsibility for the national deer herd and stop the expansion of the deer herd which is spreading the disease to farms. We addressed the issue earlier. This issue continues to arise because nobody wants to take responsibility. It is not the responsibility of farmers. If it were any other bovine we would all be responsible for them but wildlife is classed in a different way. Someone has to take it on, whether that is the National Parks and Wildlife Service or the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. Pressure should be applied in that regard.