Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a local community park (details supplied) is shut to the public during Covid-19 to allow a barbaric and cruel activity such as hare coursing. [61190/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I issue licences to the Irish Coursing Club to facilitate the capture (under Section 34) and tagging of hares (under Section 32) for closed park meetings under the Wildlife Acts. I have no function in relation to the location of these meetings.