Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated number of wild deer in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8946/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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While my Department does not have precise information on the number of wild deer in County Wicklow, estimates suggest a figure in excess of 40,000 animals.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department is planning a national deer survey in 2008, which should give a clearer picture of wild deer population density at regional and national level.