Department set to publish ‘Deer Management Policy Vision’ shortly

The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the “Deer Management Policy Vision for Ireland” is to be finalised and published in the coming weeks.

“Implementation of the policy will commence shortly thereafter with the establishment of a Deer Forum with an independent chair,” a department spokesman stated.

The deer management policy is being developed by an Inter Agency Deer Policy Group made up of officials from the department’s forestry division, the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and from Coillte Teoranta.