John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Section 42 deer hunting licences from 2015 and 2025, by county, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62701/25]

John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of deer that were killed under Section 42 licence for each year between 2015 and 2025, by county, type of deer, in tabular form. [62702/25]

Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South-West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 340 and 341 together.

Data relating to permits issued and deer shot under Section 42 (serious damage) of the Wildlife Act (as amended) between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2021 is in the attached table. Data relating to the number of deer shot in Wicklow by gender is not available for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Data relating to the number of permits issued under Section 42 (serious damage) of the Wildlife Act (as amended) from 1 January to 2022 to 31 December 2024 is publicly available on the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage's open data website: opendata.housing.gov.ie/dataset/s42-licences-issued-deer-and-returns-for-2022-2024-male-and-female.

Data relating to the number of permits issued and deer shot during 2025 will not be available until 2026, this is due to the fact that permits continue to be issued and the seeking of hunting returns is ongoing.

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John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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342. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of deer that were killed under standard deer hunting licences, by type, county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62703/25]

Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South-West, Fianna Fail)
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Data relating to the number of deer shot under Section 29 of the Wildlife Acts from 2015/2016 season to 2023/2024 season is publicly available on my Department's open data website:

opendata.housing.gov.ie/dataset/deer-shot-under-s29-licences-2015-2016-2023-2024

Data relating to the number of deer shot during the 2024/25 season will not be available until 2026, this is due to the fact that deer hunting returns are still being received as applicants apply for their new licence.