Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

A deer management group was set up over 12 months ago. Everyone at this stage agrees a deer cull is absolutely essential. There are three main reasons for it, namely, there is a welfare issue as the natural habitats of the deer are not able to feed them anymore due to the very large numbers of deer; there is a serious road safety issue in that the number of car crashes in rural areas because of deer is increasing by the day; and there is a risk to the health of the bovine herd due to the spread of bovine tuberculosis. How much resources are going to be allocated to this essential cull and when will it commence?

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