243. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views that the RHD2 has been listed as one of the threats of highest importance to the hare species and that the NPWS previously said licensed hare coursing was a risk factor in the spread of RHD2 on nets and boxes given the evidence; if the licence will not be granted for hare coursing on both animal welfare and conservationist grounds also given that another threat listed is illegal poaching, which coursers facilitate by keeping hares in relative high density in preserves (details supplied). [34305/22]

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243. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views that the RHD2 has been listed as one of the threats of highest importance to the hare species and that the NPWS previously said licensed hare coursing was a risk factor in the spread of RHD2 on nets and boxes given the evidence; if the licence will not be granted for hare coursing on both animal welfare and conservationist grounds also given that another threat listed is illegal poaching, which coursers facilitate by keeping hares in relative high density in preserves (details supplied). [34305/22]

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