Written answers
Thursday, 12 July 2018
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Animal Welfare
Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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43. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1215 and 1216 of 16 January 2018, the outcome of his officials' engagement with an organisation (details supplied); if the code of conduct is being updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31062/18]
Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Officials from my Department met with a number of senior members of the organisation in May 2018. The incidents involving a small number of hunts reported in the media earlier this year were discussed. The need to strengthen the existing Code Of Practice in order to avoid such incidents where hounds entered housing estates or ran onto major roads was the key issue discussed. The organisation in question are to examine the existing Code with a view to updating and strengthening it.
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