Wildlife Control

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 April 2019

Tuesday, 9 April 2019

Ceisteanna (655)

Maureen O'Sullivan

Ceist:

655. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the licences issued under the Wildlife Act 1975 in each of the past five years in tabular form. [16735/19]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

Details of the licences and permits issued by my Department in the period 2014 to 2018 under the Wildlife Act, 1976, as amended are set out in the following table.

TABLE

Section of Wildlife Act, 1976, as amended	Details	Licences issued 2014	Licences issued 2015	Licences issued 2016	Licences issued 2017	Licences issued 2018
Section   21	Protection   of flora	12	12	10	10	10
Section 22, 23 & 34 & 38	Capture of wild birds & wild   animals Capture Badgers Film/photograph wild birds/animals Retain injured animals Retain injured birds Pen reared birds Hunt protected birds to train gun   dogs Examine nests, take the eggs Use of lamp	145   29   116 44 30 99   7 60 0	178   29   133 149 55 95   3 55 1	167   28   88 136 44 89   4 64 0	161   0   123 136 98 90   1 67 0	207   16   145 101 32 69   2 64 1
Section   29	Deer   hunting	4,481	4,653	5,083	5,175	5,502
Section   30	Hunting   over state foreshore/lakes	499	450	382	467	341
Section 32	Ringing/marking protected wild   birds/animals	81   general 23   special 10   other	80 30 4	86 40 0	112 31 0	89 36 4
Section   26, 32, 34	Capture and tag hares	3	3	3	3	3
Section   35	Use   of lures, decoys, scarecrows	35	53	48	72	74
Section   36	Use   of mechanically propelled vehicles	17	42	23	14	22
Section 41	-Birds of prey: possession engage in falconry  -Take a bird from the wild	432 9	629 7	689 17	670 8	566 9
Section   42	Serious   damage caused by protected wild animals/birds	355	459	501	559	678
Section   48	Wildlife   dealers	78	78	69	92	86
Totals	-	6,451	7,198	7,571	7,889	8,057