Written answers
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Hare Coursing
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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296. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of the 22 conditions attached to the licensing of a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18323/20]
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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297. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of breaches of the licensing agreement she has with a club (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; and the sanctions imposed on the club as a result of those breaches. [18324/20]
Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 296 and 297 together.
My Department issues two separate licences to the club in question on behalf of its affiliated clubs to facilitate the netting of and tagging of hares for closed park meetings. The most recent licences issued for the last 2019/20 coursing season for the tagging of hares contained 6 conditions while the licence relating to the netting of hares contained 35 conditions. These licences are available on the website of the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department at .
My Department has taken sanctions against a number of coursing clubs in recent years for breaches of conditions of the licences and I set out in the table below details relating to these sanctions.
| Coursing Season | Number of Clubs sanctioned | Reason for Sanction | Sanction |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015/16 | 2 | Lack of co-operation with officials of the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department | 15% reduction in the number of courses to be run at the following seasons meeting |
| 2016/17 | 1 | Hares missing at the end of the meeting | 20% reduction in the number of courses to be run at the following seasons meeting |
| 2018/19 | 1 | Hares missing at the end of the meeting | 16% reduction in the number of courses to be run at the following seasons meeting |
| 2019/20 | 1 | High number of hare deaths at a meeting | 40% reduction in the number of courses to be run at the following seasons meeting |
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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298. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of registered owners who failed to give 14-days' notice in writing to a club (details supplied) of the date of death of their greyhound in the past five years to date; the sanctions imposed on these breeders for failure to comply; the number of greyhounds notified as deceased over the same time period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18325/20]
Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The Minister has no remit regarding the Greyhound Industry Act 1958. This matter is the responsibility for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
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