Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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59. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when her Department will make available the conservation rangers reports, veterinary reports and hare capture reports pertaining to the current hare coursing season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3785/17]

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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It is intended over the next few weeks to publish the various reports compiled by the National Parks and Wildlife Service staff of my Department and the Irish Coursing Club (ICC) on the NPWS website for the 2015/16 season. There are some 200 separate reports - including NPWS ranger reports, ICC Reports, ICC Veterinary Reports - ranging over 70 coursing meetings – and arrangements are underway to publish them as soon as possible.

The current 2016/17 coursing season finishes at the end of February. Similar arrangements will be made to publish the reports on the website following the receipt of the relevant reports from my officials and the ICC. Reports in relation to Rathdowney, Ballinagar and Loughrea Coursing meetings for the 2016/17 season have recently been sent to the Deputy and are already published on my Department’s website.