Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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712. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a survey of deer hunters and those involved in deer management carried out by an organisation (details supplied) shows that the overwhelming majority view the current open hunting season for wild deer as adequate or should be reduced due to declining deer numbers and on 8 December 2016 his advisory group, the Irish Deer Management Forum, also reached a consensus that the current open hunting seasons for wild deer are adequate in all counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11814/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Under the Wildlife Acts  responsibility for and the management of wild deer on public lands and the issuing of hunting licences to hunters and others lies with the Minister for the Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.