John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

The Bill will deal with three issues only - prohibiting deer hunting with packs of dogs, increasing the various penalties for wildlife related offences, and addressing the problem which has arisen with licences for hunting wild game. No other amendments to the Wildlife Acts are proposed in the Bill. I have stated on a number of occasions that the passage of this legislation will not have an impact on other country practices such as fox-hunting, hare-hunting, hare coursing and deer stalking.

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