Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 June 2021
1196. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 2 June 2021, if he plans to conduct an up-to-date report on deer management in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31217/21]
View answerAs the Deputy is aware, in 2015, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, together with the Department of Culture, Heritage and Gaeltacht, which at the time was the parent Department of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), published "Deer Management in Ireland – A Framework for Action" which recommends a series of actions on deer management and conservation in a number of areas, including addressing the impact of deer in places where they are abundant.
The Irish Deer Management Forum was established to implement the various actions listed in the Report. The report can be downloaded from the Irish Deer Management Forum website (http://idmf.ie/). An update of this report is currently not envisaged.
