Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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107. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of coursing clubs that have been sanctioned for coursing sick hares in the 2016 to 2017 and 2017 to 2018 seasons. [2999/18]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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My Department has implemented sanctions on coursing clubs over recent years.  While a sanction was implemented in respect of the 2016/17 season, this was not related to the coursing of sick hares.  Officials of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department have monitored twenty four coursing events to date during the current 2017/18 season, including trials.    All issues arising from this monitoring programme, including any issues such as the Deputy raises here, will be reviewed and considered in the context of licences for the 2018/19 season.