Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the number of hunting licences issued over the past ten years, broken down by type of licence and district issued, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24482/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Hunting licences are issued by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) under Section 29 (deer hunting), Section 30 (permission to hunt over State foreshore) and Section 42 (control of deer causing serious damage) of the Wildlife Act 1976, as amended.

The table below outlines the number of licences issued under each of these sections over the past ten years. These are not held on a "district" basis.