Written answers
Tuesday, 9 April 2024
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Wildlife Regulations
Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many bird of prey licences were issued for taking birds from the wild from 2014 to date; and the breakdown of taking birds from the wild licences for each of those years, by species, gender and by location, in tabular form. [14717/24]
Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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The information is set out in the following table.
| - | Kestrel Wild Take | Kestrel Wild Take | Sparrow Hawk Wild Take | Sparrow Hawk Wild Take | Sparrow hawk Location | Peregrine Wild Take | Peregrine Wild Take | Peregrine Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Licences Issued | Licences Fulfilled | Licences Issued | Licences Fulfilled | Licences Issued | Licences Fulfilled | ||
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 2 | 1 x F | Meath |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 2 | 2 x F | Longford & Clare |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 1 | 1 F | Longford |
| 2020* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 4 | 4 (3F;1M) | Laois; 2 x Kilkenny, Longford |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 x F | Kildare | 5 | 4 (3F;1M) | Waterford, Cork, Laois, Longford |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 x F | Waterford | 7 | 3 (2F:1M) | Longford, Kildare, Laois |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 x F | Mayo | 3 | 2 x F | Laois, Wexford |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 (1F;1M) | Cork & Louth | 1 | 1 x F | Laois |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 x F | Clare & Wexford | 4 | 4 (2F;2M) | 2 x Kilkenny, Tipperary (2 x Orphan Chicks) |
| Totals | 2 | 0 | 24 | 7 | N/A | 29 | 22 | N/A |
*20*2020 – No Wild Take took place due to Covid-19 restrictions
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