National Parks and Wildlife Service Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 December 2018

Thursday, 6 December 2018

Questions (291)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

291. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of conservation rangers employed by the NPWS at Glenveagh National Park who are licensed to cull deer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51443/18]

Written answers

Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

I am advised that there are four staff in the Northern Region that are licenced to hunt deer on NPWS lands in Donegal which includes Glenveagh National Park.