Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)
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Question 223: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if representatives from her Department have, in the past, placed snares or other traps in Coillte's Kilcornaun Wood in Clarinbridge, County Galway, as part of the tuberculosis eradication scheme. [13537/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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In May 2004, farm relief service operatives under the supervision of my Department and licensed by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government placed some restraints in this area as part of the tuberculosis eradication scheme. Some of the restraints that were placed in Kilcornaun Wood went missing and appear to have been stolen. The matter of the stolen restraints was referred to the Garda authorities. No further restraints have been placed in this area since May 2004.