Written answers
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Animal Welfare Issues
Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will respond to the following query regarding the Animal Welfare Bill (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44656/12]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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It is my intention to maintain provisions in the Animal Health and Welfare Bill relating to the lawful hunting and coursing of animals and I do not intend to interfere with legitimate field sports which are carried out in a proper manner. Where animals are released in an injured or exhausted condition or where a hare does not have a reasonable chance of escape, the sanctions and penalties set down in the Bill will apply.
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