Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail)

The Wildlife (Amendment) Bill amends the 2010 Wildlife (Amendment) Act 201, the famous Act that banned stag hunting. I am shocked that I do not see any evidence of the Government's promise made by Deputy Shane McEntee and Deputy Phil Hogan to repeal the ban on stag hunting. Will an amendment be tabled on Committee Stage? Fine Gael rose up the people in the RISE organisation by giving specific promises and a specific commitment that stag hunting in County Meath would be reinstated. We find now that this was just what I must say were barefaced lies told to the people by Fine Gael.