John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The issuing of dog licences and exhumation licences are matters for individual local authorities. Deer hunting licences are issued by the licensing section of my Department's National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). The licensing section, which has approximately 9 full-time equivalent members of staff, deals with all licences issued under the Wildlife Acts. Regional Management staff of the NPWS are also consulted in the assessment of deer licence applications but this constitutes a small proportion of their work.

Waste licences (including landfill), Integration Pollution Prevention Control licences, waste water discharge licences, licences for the contained use and deliberate release of Genetically Modified Organisms, and Volatile Organic Compound licences are issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, where approximately 50 staff are employed in the issuing of licences.

The National Property Services Regulatory Authority, horse licences, and dangerous substances licences are matters for my colleagues the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation respectively.