Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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475. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will confirm the presence of NPWS officers at the hare coursing meeting in Ardpatrick, County Limerick on 19 November 2016; and if they took any action after the severe mauling of a hare at that event. [37461/16]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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This meeting was not attended by officials from the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department. Owing to the restriction in staff recruitment and deployment in recent years, my Department is not in a position to provide 100% attendance at coursing meetings. We endeavour, however, to attend as many meetings as possible having regard to the calls on our staffing complement.