Written answers

Tuesday, 6 October 2015

Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Hare Coursing

Photo of Maureen O'SullivanMaureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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787. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will exclude a coursing club (details supplied) from the 2015 to 2016 hare coursing licence, given that members of the club were caught poaching hares at the State-owed Boora Bog Nature Reserve, and pleaded guilty to this serious breach of the Wildlife Act at a court hearing in Tullamore in County Offaly on 28 September 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34233/15]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department is examining the outcome of the court hearing in question.

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