Deer Alliance HCAP

PRECAUTIONS AGAINST LYME DISEASE

2012-01-24T10:16:00.002Z

Visitors to the Deer Alliance HCAP Blog are invited to consider the contents of advisory information on LYME DISEASE set out in the letter below, and are urged to take the information on board when deerstalking, hillwalking or undertaking any activity likely to lead to exposure to Lyme Disease.

Dear Sir/Madam

Re. Protecting against Lyme Disease when taking part in outdoor pursuits

I am writing to you on behalf to the South East Regional Zoonoses Committee. We are a multidisciplinary group of Human and Animal Health Professionals from the South East whose remit includes informing the public about diseases that can be passed between animals and humans.

Those affiliated with Deer Alliance Ireland are involved in outdoor pursuits and may be at risk of contracting Lyme disease because these activities.

Lyme disease, which is spread by tick bites, can, in a minority of cases, cause severe debilitating heart and nervous system disease. Recently the HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre issued a warning to people who engage in out-door pursuits in the summer months -ramblers, campers, mountain-bikers and others who work or walk in forested or grassy areas -to be vigilant against tick bites. Ticks are tiny insect-like creatures that feed on the blood of mammals and birds and will also feed on humans. Ticks are more active and numerous in the summer months and protecting against tick bites protects against Lyme disease.

Tick bites can be prevented by:
• Wearing long trousers, long-sleeved shirt and shoes
• Using insect repellent
• Checking skin, hair and warm skin-folds (especially the neck and scalp of children) for ticks after a day out
• Removing any ticks and consulting with a GP if symptoms develop
• Using tick collars for pets (they can get Lyme disease) and inspecting them for (and removing) any ticks.

Only a minority of ticks carry infection. If a tick is removed within a few hours, the risk of infection is low. The entire tick, including any mouthparts which might break off, should be removed with a tweezers by gripping it close to the skin. The skin where the tick was found should be then washed with soap and water and the area checked over the next few weeks for swelling or redness. Anyone who develops symptoms should contact their GP and explain that they had been bitten by a tick.

Further important information on protecting against Lyme disease, an information leaflet and a poster are available at http://www.hpsc.ie/hpsc/A-Z/Vectorborne/LymeDisease/

We would urge you to encourage those affiliated with Deer Alliance Ireland to read this information and we suggest that a copy of the HPSC leaflet be included with your education material.

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Sarah Doyle, MB MRCPI MPH MFPHMI, MCRN 19055
Consultant in Public Health Medicine,
Secretary to the South East Regional Zoonoses Committee,
Public Health Department,
HSE Offices,
Dublin Road,
Kilkenny

24 January 2012

HCAP SCHEDULE 2012

2011-12-03T18:51:00.004Z

The draft schedule of dates and venues for the Deer Alliance Hunter Competence Assessment Programme (HCAP) will be posted here on or about 1 January 2012, when the revised Training Syllabus will also be announced.

Meanwhile the following Candidates are deemed to be HCAP-Certified following MCQ held in Laragh, Co. Wicklow on 15 November 2011 and Range Test at Midland Rifle Range on 17 November 2011 (date of certification, 17 November 2011).

Gibbon, Peter, 2011/0131 (UK)
Hillback, Shane, 2011/0135 (UK)
Kenny, Eoin, 2011/0136
McPeake, Joe, 2011/0107
Synnott, Joe, 2011/0128 (UK)
Turner, Andrew, 2011/0134 (UK)
Walker, Peter, 2011/0132 (UK)
Wiggin, Andy, 2011/0133 (UK)

(Above limited tests were organised to facilitate overseas candidates. The normal HCAP schedule runs from January to September. A schedule for 2012 will be posted here when finalised).

DEER MANAGEMENT POLICY CONSULTATION

2011-11-26T18:54:00.004Z

The following is the text of submissions made on behalf of Deer Alliance HCAP to the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (see previous posting, 17 October 2011, in relation to the Inter-Agency Deer Policy Review Group Draft Document).

DEER ALLIANCE
HUNTER COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME
SUBMISSIONS ON DEER MANAGEMENT POLICY VISION

1: BACKGROUND TO DEER ALLIANCE HCAP

1.1: Deer Alliance HCAP was formed in 2001 arising from a requirement on the part of Coillte Teoranta for a process of certification of all persons hunting wild deer on Coillte’s forest property portfolio throughout Ireland. Discussions in that year saw the identification of relevant stakeholders, the coming together of a range of interests and the development of a programme for the assessment and certification of hunter competence designed to meet Coillte’s immediate needs, based on best-practice models studied across Europe, and outside Europe.

1.2: The Hunter Competence Assessment Programme (HCAP) was launched in April 2005 following four years of careful development which included the production of a Stalker Training Manual.

1.3: Since HCAP’s introduction in 2005, some 1200 licensed deer hunters have undertaken the Programme on a voluntary basis and at the time of writing approximately 1000 candidates have been HCAP-Certified.

1.4: At the time of writing, a revised Training Syllabus is under consideration by the Deer Alliance Assessment Committee, with a view to introduction early in 2012. The revised Training Syllabus will comprise a set number of hours training and preparation, to include a new Food Safety Module under development in conjunction with the Food Safety Authority of Ireland.

2: DEER ALLIANCE POLICY ON ASSESSMENT, CERTIFICATION AND THE ISSUE OF DEER HUNTING LICENCES.

2.1: It is the policy of Deer Alliance HCAP that HCAP certification (or equivalent) should be a prerequisite for all holders of or applicants for any licence to hunt wild deer in Ireland.

2.2: Deer Alliance HCAP has actively promoted this policy to the National Parks & Wildlife Service and to successive Ministers since inception in 2005 and is committed to achieving this objective within the lifetime of the current Government. Deer Alliance HCAP is optimistic that this objective will finally be achieved within this stated time frame.

3: DEER ALLIANCE HCAP PARTICIPATION IN FORMULATION OF DEER MANAGEMENT POLICY

3.1: It follows from Point 2.1 and 2.2 above that as and when a requirement for mandatory certification is adopted by NPWS, the framework within which a majority of deer hunters operate will change radically. At the time of writing, approximately one in four licensed deer hunters are HCAP-Certified, and have undergone some level of training and a measurable level of assessment as to competency. A further substantial number of licensed hunters, totalling 3000 or more, will need to become HCAP-Certified over a lead-in period expected to take three to five years e.g. all new licence applicants to be certified before grant of licence, and all existing licence holders to become HCAP-Certified with a three to five year period (to be decided).

3.2: Clearly, the adoption of mandatory assessment and certification has profound implications for practical management of wild deer. It is the licensed deer hunter who will in the final analysis be responsible for practical implementation of policy, which to be successful in terms of implementation must include the humane and efficient culling of deer in order to achieve policy objectives as identified in the Draft Deer Management Policy Vision document.

3.3: Deer Alliance HCAP therefore formally proposes that mandatory assessment and certification based on the HCAP model be included as an essential part of any final policy for the management of wild deer.

3.4: Deer Alliance HCAP confirms its wish and intention to remain fully involved in and committed to the development of a national policy on the management of wild deer, including but not limited to the adoption and inclusion of mandatory assessment and certification as an essential element in wild deer management.

Submitted on behalf of Deer Alliance HCAP, 23 November 2011.

NEW TRAINING SYLLABUS FOR HCAP

2011-11-17T12:36:00.006Z

A revised training syllabus for the Hunter Competence Assessment Programme (HCAP) is in preparation and will be introduced early in 2012.

The new syllabus allows for a standardisation of training and preparation for assessment under HCAP, and will include a designated number of hours’ attendance at training lectures and workshops. A new Food Safety Module is being added in addition to the existing MCQ and Range Test modules. Training will continue to be provided by the different participating deer organisations, based on the new Deer Alliance syllabus and schedule for delivery of preparatory lectures and workshops. In addition, Deer Alliance HCAP itself will offer training in different locations. Candidates who succeed in the HCAP MCQ will then proceed to the Food Safety Module, which will be based on a half-day seminar at an approved facility, with hands-on veterinarian-supervised carcase inspection and handling including physiological familiarisation, disease recognition and butchery. Candidates having passed the MCQ and participated in the Food Safety Module will then proceed to undertake the Range Test. It is anticipated that following adoption of the new procedures, HCAP-Certified Candidates will be recognised as Trained Persons (“Trained Hunters”) within the meaning of food hygiene safety regulations.

The revised training syllabus will be submitted for approval by all participating Deer Alliance HCAP bodies and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland in December, for implementation early in 2012. Any necessary increase in the HCAP Fee, to take account of new and additional requirements associated with the new Food Safety Module, and the possibility of an inclusive fee, to cover Training on the one hand, and Assessment on the other, will be considered at the same time. It is likely however that different fee structures will apply.

DATA PROTECTION ACTS 1988 & 2003

2011-11-17T12:32:00.003Z

All intending HCAP Candidates are advised that all communication regarding eligibility for participation in the Deer Alliance Hunter Competence Assessment Programme, announcement of results of HCAP MCQs and confirmation of Certification following completion of the Programme, is through the Deer Alliance website and the associated blog (www.deeralliance.blogspot.com).

The names of all candidates for upcoming MCQs are published on the blog. The numbers only (no names) of candidates, giving results of each successive MCQ, are published on the blog, giving pass/fail mark. The names and numbers of all candidates eligible for successive Range Tests are published on the blog prior to scheduled Range Tests. The names and numbers of successful candidates (“HCAP-certified candidates”) are published on the blog following each Range Test.

On initial participation in the Programme i.e. on sitting the HCAP MCQ, each candidate is required to sign an Attendance Form, which contains the following words:

“The results of this HCAP MCQ will be posted on the Deer Alliance blog (www.deeralliance.blogspot.com) approximately ten days after date of MCQ. Only Candidates’ individual HCAP number is posted, together with pass/fail mark. All successful Candidates’ names and numbers are posted on the blog following completion of the overall Programme i.e. after Range Test. By signing this Attendance Sheet, all Candidates confirm their authority to Deer Alliance HCAP to publish this information without breach of the Data Protection Acts 1988 & 2003”.

Any candidate having a difficulty with this authority and indemnity in respect of the Data Protection Acts 1988 & 2003 should notify their difficulty, in writing, to Deer Alliance HCAP in advance of participation in any HCAP MCQ.

THE HCAP APPLICATON FORM

The current HCAP Application Form requires the provision of certain information from intending candidates. This includes information regarding membership of participating bodies e.g. the relevant deer organisations, whether candidates are current Coillte Licensees or Nominated Stalkers, whether they carry shooting insurance and with which insurance provider, whether they currently possess a firearms certificate and if so, for a rifle of what calibre.

This information is used to prioritise candidates where an assessment module is over-subscribed and to assist in the general administration and further development of HCAP. The information is sought on a voluntary basis and is treated as confidential at all times. Its circulation is restricted to the secretarial function within Deer Alliance and is not published to any third parties. Individual data is not retained by Deer Alliance HCAP and is not subsequently available to any party.

Draft Policy Vision for Deer Management in Ireland

2011-10-17T14:43:00.005+01:00

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in conjunction with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, has developed a Draft Policy Vision for Deer Management in Ireland. The Department now invites written submissions from interested parties and organisations in relation to this document, and deer management policy related issues in general.

In addition to written submissions, the Department also invites written expressions of interest from organisations and groups interested in participating in a future Policy Development Partnership that will assist with the further development of an agreed Deer Management Strategy for Ireland, in conjunction with the Departments concerned.

The following is a link to the Draft Policy Vision document:
http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/forestry/forestservicegeneralinformation/DeerManagementPolicyVisionSeptember2011.pdf

Written submissions and expressions of interest should be sent by email to dmpolicyvision@agriculture.gov.ie

or by post to:

Submission on Deer Management Policy Vision,
Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine,
Johnstown Castle Estate,
Wexford.

Submissions received will be made publicly available on the DAFF website.

The Closing date for receipt of submissions is Monday, November 28, 2011.

FOOD CHAIN INFORMATION - REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE REGULATION

2011-09-04T11:11:00.004+01:00

Food Chain Information Requirements under Regulation (EC) No. 853/2004 of the Eurpoean Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 (laying down specific food hygiene rules for food of animal origin).

There appears to be a degree of misinformation and confusion amongst hunters and others as to what is required under the above Regulation (generally described as the "EU Food Hygiene Regulations"). The following extracts from the Regulation set out exactly what is required in relation to wild game meat (including large and small wild game).

It is important to note that Chapter 1, Article 1 (3) of the Regulation, dealing with the scope of the Regulation, provides as follows:

(3) This Regulation shall not apply in relation to:

(a) primary production for private domestic use;

(b) the domestic preparation, handling or storage of food for private
domestic consumption;

(c) the direct supply, by the producer, of small quantities of primary
products to the final consumer or to local retail establishments
directly supplying the final consumer;

(d) the direct supply, by the producer, of small quantities of meat
from poultry and lagomorphs slaughtered on the farm to the
final consumer or to local retail establishments directly supplying
such meat to the final consumer as fresh meat;

(e) hunters who supply small quantities of wild game or wild
game meat directly to the final consumer or to local retail
establishments directly supplying the final consumer (emphasis added).

(Extract)

SECTION IV: WILD GAME MEAT

CHAPTER I: TRAINING OF HUNTERS IN HEALTH AND HYGIENE

1. Persons who hunt wild game with a view to placing it on the market for human consumption must have sufficient knowledge of the pathology of wild game, and of the production and handling of wild game and wild game meat after hunting, to undertake an initial examination of wild game on the spot.

2. It is however enough if at least one person of a hunting team has the the knowledge referred to in point 1. References in this Section to a ‘trained person’ are references to that person.

3. The trained person could also be the gamekeeper or the game manager if he or she is part of the hunting team or located in the immediate vicinity of where hunting is taking place. In the latter case, the hunter must present the wild game to the gamekeeper or game manager and inform them of any abnormal behaviour observed before killing.

4. Training must be provided to the satisfaction of the competent authority to enable hunters to become trained persons. It should cover at least the following subjects:

(a) the normal anatomy, physiology and behaviour of wild game;

(b) abnormal behaviour and pathological changes in wild game due to diseases, environmental contamination or other factors which may affect human health after consumption;

(c) the hygiene rules and proper techniques for the handling, transportation, evisceration, etc. of wild game animals after killing; and

(d) legislation and administrative provisions on the animal and public health and hygiene conditions governing the placing on the market of wild game.

5. The competent authority should encourage hunters’ organisations to provide such training.

(Extract)

CHAPTER II: HANDLING OF LARGE WILD GAME

1. After killing, large wild game must have their stomachs and intestines removed as soon as possible and, if necessary, be bled.

2. 2. The trained person must carry out an examination of the body, and of any viscera removed, to identify any characteristics that may indicate that the meat presents a health risk. The examination must take place as soon as possible after killing.

3. Meat of large wild game may be placed on the market only if the body is transported to a game-handling establishment as soon as possible after the examination referred to in point 2. The viscera must accompany the body as specified in point 4. The viscera must be identifiable as belonging to a given animal.

4.

(a) If no abnormal characteristics are found during the examination referred to in point 2, no abnormal behaviour was observed before killing, and there is no suspicion of environmental contamination, the trained person must attach to the animal body a numbered declaration stating this. This declaration must also indicate the date, time and place of killing. In this case, the head and the viscera need not accompany the body, except in the case of species susceptible to Trichinosis (porcine animals, solipeds and others), whose head (except for tusks) and diaphragm must accompany the body. However, hunters must comply with any additional requirements imposedin the Member State where hunting takes place, in particular to permit the monitoring of certain residues and substances in accordance with Directive 96/23/EC;

(b) In other circumstances, the head (except for tusks, antlers and horns) and all the viscera except for the stomach and intestines must accompany the body. The trained person who carried out the examination must inform the competent authority of the abnormal characteristics, abnormal behaviour or suspicion of environmental contamination that prevented him or her from making a declaration in accordance with (a);

(c) If no trained person is available to carry out the examination referred to in point 2 in a particular case, the head (except for tusks, antlers and horns) and all the viscera except for the stomach and the intestines must accompany the body.

5. Chilling must begin within a reasonable period of time after killing and achieve a temperature throughout the meat of not more than 7 °C. Where climatic conditions so permit, active chilling is not necessary.

6. During transport to the game-handling establishment, heaping must be avoided.

7. Large wild game delivered to a game-handling establishment must be presented to the competent authority for inspection.

8. In addition, unskinned large wild game may be skinned and placed on the market only if:

(a) before skinning, it is stored and handled separately from other food and not frozen; and

(b) after skinning, it undergoes a final inspection in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 854/2004.

9. The rules laid down in Section I, Chapter V, apply to the cutting and boning of large wild game.

"TRAINED HUNTERS" AND FOOD CHAIN INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS

2011-08-29T17:03:00.006+01:00

The following notification was circulated today 29 August 2011 by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food:

"Food Chain Information for Wild Deer

From 1st September 2011, a FCI document must be completed for each wild deer received at Game Handling Establishments approved by this Department. The hunter should complete the first part of the form (see link below). Please note that although the form refers to trained persons, there are currently no trained hunters in Ireland. However, training will commence in the near future. Therefore untrained hunters should tick the box for "No, and a trained person isn’t in a position to sign the declaration" and leave the second part of the form blank. Untrained hunters must present the form along with the whole deer including the head and all viscera (internal organs), expect (stet)* for the stomach and intestines, to the Game Handling Establishment".

* except?

The FCI Form is available at:
http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/media/migration/foodsafetyconsumerissues/controlsonmeat/foodchaininformation/LargeWildGameFCIdoc24aug11240811.pdf

The following "Trader Notice" has also been circulated, dated 24 August 2011:

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Trader Notice: MH No. 12/2011

To: Operators of all DAFF approved Game Handling Establishments
Subject: Large Wild Game Food Chain Information (FCI) Document

Background

From 1st September 2011 a FCI document (attached) must be completed in respect of each wild deer received at DAFF approved Game Handling Establishments. The document should be completed by the hunter, the trained person (where relevant) and the Game Handling Establishment. It should be retained by the Game Handling Establishment.

Obligations on the hunter

The first part of the document must be completed by the hunter. This includes the date and location where the animal was shot. There is a choice of three boxes to be ticked. The first box should be ticked if the hunter is a Trained Person as allowed for under the Hygiene Regulations. (Currently there are no trained hunters in Ireland, but training of hunters will commence in the near future.)

The second box is ticked if the hunter is not a Trained Person, but a Trained Person was present when the animal was shot. This person could be the gamekeeper or the game manager who is part of the hunting team, or located in the immediate vicinity of where hunting is taking place.

In all other cases, the third box should be ticked and the carcase must be accompanied to the Game Handling Establishment by the head and all viscera, except for the stomach and intestines. This will be the case for all Irish hunters at the opening of the 2011 hunting season.

In future, where a Trained Person has signed the declaration the carcase need not be accompanied by the head and viscera.

Obligations on the Trained Person

Box 2 should be completed by a Trained Person who either shot the animal or was present when the animal was shot. If the Trained Person is satisfied that;

• the animal did not display any abnormal behaviour before killing,
• the body and the viscera do not show any abnormal characteristics, and
• there is no suspicion of environmental contamination

then the first part of box 2 should be signed.

However, if the Trained Person has noted any evidence of health risks then the second part of box 2 should be completed detailing the possible health risks and the head and all viscera except for the stomach and intestines must accompany the carcase.

Obligations on the Game Handling Establishment

The Game Handling Establishment should ensure that each wild deer carcase is accompanied by a properly completed FCI document. The final part of the FCI document should be completed by a trained operative at the establishment. The Game Handling Establishment should ensure that the carcase is accompanied by the head and the viscera, other than the stomach and intestines, unless the Trained Person declaration has been completed.

The FCI documents must be kept on site and made available on request for examination by Department staff. The FCI documents must be correlated with the relevant carcase identification.

Any abnormalities recorded by the Trained Person must be brought to the immediate attention of Department personnel.

Meat Hygiene Section
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Grattan Business Centre
Portlaoise

24th August 2011

COMMENT

The following comment is addressed to HCAP-Certified deer hunters, from Deer Alliance HCAP:

It is regrettable that neither the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food nor the Food Safety Authority of Ireland saw fit to consult with the different deer organisations representing organised, licensed, competence-assessed and certified hunters in Ireland before adopting the procedures set out in the new "FCI" framework. The Deer Alliance engaged in discussions with DAFF and FSAI some three years ago but could not obtain support or approval for the "Trained Hunter" module which the Deer Alliance wished to incorporate at that time. The imposition of a FCI requirement at short notice (three days before the 2011-2012 Season opens) and without consultation seems unlikely to yield optimum response or effectiveness. However the Deer Alliance is already considering proposals for a FCI Module to form part of a revised HCAP Programme to be introduced in 2012 (subject to discussions and finalisation of planning for 2012, between now and year-end) and in the meanwhile expects shortly to be offering an add-on module to those hunters who are already HCAP-Certified, being more than 1000 in number.

RESULTS OF HCAP RANGE TEST, SATURDAY 27 AUGUST 2011

2011-08-28T20:30:00.003+01:00

The following Candidates are deemed HCAP-Certified having passed their Range Test on Saturday 27 August 2011 and will be included on the HCAP Register of qualified Candidates with immediate effect. All participating candidates were successful on this occasion.

Bennett, Paul, 2011/0101
Borza, Domenico, 2010/0198
Broughan, Peter, 2011/0093
Bradley, Garry, 2011/0096
Bradshaw, Garrett, 2011/0108
Campbell, Aidan, 2010/0110
Carroll, Paul, 2011/0114
Chapman, Ralph, 2011/0085
Clements, Julian, 2011/0009
Coleman, Terry, 2011/0115
Coll, John, 2011/0122
Connolly, Brian, 2011/0109
Coughlan, Pat, 2011/0082
Dascalu, Robert, 2011/0095
Deegan, Paul, 2011/0097
Doherty, Gerard, 2011/0075
Donnell, Ian, 2011/0126
Donnell, David, 2011/0125
Dowling, Paul, 2011/0118
Doyle, Desmond, 2010/0022
Finn, James, 2011/0124
Finn, Michael, 2011/0117
Fitzgerald, Declan, 2011/0100
Foran, Owen, 2011/0103
Forde, Kevin, 2011/0019
Geoghegan, Ciaran, 2010/0214
Goodwin, Stephen, 2011/0052
Hanley, Andrew, 2011/0033
Hennessy, Robert, 2011/0076
Hill, Peter, 2011/0080
Horan, Victor, 2011/0078
Ilban, Marinel, 2011/0094
Ivory, Sean, 2011/0067
Kavanagh, John, 2011/0084
Kavanagh, Killian, 2011/0071
Kellett, Darren, 2011/0034
Kennedy, Damien, 2011/0069
Kelly, Patrick, 2011/0079
Keyes, Gerry, 2011/0070
Little, George, 2011/0074
Lloyd, Brian, 2011/0090
McAuliffe, Tadgh, 2011/0088
McGuirk, Jason, 2011/0098
McHugh, Darren, 2011/0110
McHugh, Niall, 2011/0091
McKeown, John, 2011/0077
McMenamin, Anthony, 2011/0127
Morgan, Paddy, 2011/0014
Murphy, David, 2011/0083
Murray, Richard, 2011/0081
O'Leary, Michael, 2011/0036
Pierce, Gerry, 2011/0087
Quinn, Gerry, 2011/0025
Ryan, Padraig, 2011/0119
Scully, Marc, 2011/0041
Smith, Tony, 2010/0120
Sweeney Martin, 2011/0030
Taggart, Patrick, 2011/0050
Tate, Killian, 2011/0113
Twamley, Thomas, 2011/0123

There were a total of 26 No-Shows and/or Deferrals on 27 August 2011. All No-Shows and Deferred Candidates will be required to complete the HCAP process at the next available opportunity. Notification of the next Range Test will be posted here in due course.

Several of those “No-Show” Candidates on 27 August 2011 have previously missed Range Tests without notification to HCAP Administration. All such Candidates are now likely to fall foul of the 180-day Rule, which stipulates that the HCAP process must be completed within 180 days of first sitting their HCAP MCQ. Any Candidate in this category who has not contacted HCAP Administration before the next scheduled Range Test will be dropped from the list of eligible candidates without further notice, and will be required to re-sit the HCAP MCQ before becoming eligible to take the Range Test.

HCAP RANGE TEST, SATURDAY 27 AUGUST 2011 - ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES AS AT 23 AUGUST 2011

2011-08-20T11:17:00.006+01:00

The following Candidates are eligible to participate in the next scheduled HCAP Range Test, which will take place on Saturday 27 August 2011 at the Midland Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly. The list includes all most recently qualified candidates as of 23 August 2011.

Candidates should familiarise themselves fully with the requirements for all candidates shooting at the Midland Range (see separate posting on this blog).

Names marked with an asterisk* were no-shows at the HCAP Range Test held on 9 October 2010 and/0r on 28 May 2011 (in some cases, having missed earlier Range Tests). These candidates must do the Range Test on 27 August 2011 (unless deferred with good cause and on notice) as otherwise they may fall under the 180-day completion rule and will have to re-sit the MCQ. There is unlikely to be any further Range Test in 2011.

Bennett, Paul, 2011/0101
Birchall, Kevin, 2009/0086*
Borza, Domenico, 2010/0198
Bradley, Garry, 2011/0096
Bradshaw, Garrett, 2011/0108
Broughan, Peter, 2011/0093
Campbell, Aidan, 2010/0110
Carroll, Paul, 2011/0114
Carroll, Ray, 2011/0060* (Deferred)
Carroll, Shane, 2011/0059 (Deferred)
Chapman, Ralph, 2011/0085
Clements, Julian, 2011/0009*
Coleman, Terry, 2011/0115
Coll, John, 2011/0122
Connolly, Brian, 2011/0109
Costelloe, Edward, 2007/0105*
Coughlan, Pat, 2011/0082
Crowe, Patrick, 2011/0024*
Dascalu, Robert, 2011/0095
Deegan, Paul, 2011/0097
Doherty, Gerard, 2011/0075
Donnell, Ian, 2011/0126
Donnell, David, 2011/0125
Doran, Anthony, 2010/0038*
Dowling, Paul, 2011/0118
Doyle, Desmond, 2010/0022
Egan, William, 2007/0200*
Finn, James, 2011/0124
Finn, Michael, 2011/0117
Fitzgerald, Declan, 2011/0100
Flynn, James, 2009/0132*
Foran, Owen, 2011/0103
Forde, Kevin, 2011/0019*
Furlong, Allen, 2009/0075*
Geoghegan, Ciaran, 2010/0214
Goodwin, Stephen, 2011/0052
Hanley, Andrew, 2011/0033
Hennessey, Robert, 2011/0076
Hill, Peter, 2011/0080
Horan, Kevin, 2010/0119*
Horan, Victor, 2011/0078
Hutchinson, Robert, 2009/0108 (Deferred)
Ilban, Marinel, 2011/0094
Ivory, Sean, 2011/0067
Kavanagh, Jeremy, 2011/0104
Kavanagh, John, 2011/0084
Kavanagh, Killian, 2011/0071
Kellett, Darren, 2011/0034
Kenna, David, 2010/0124*
Kennedy, Damien, 2011/0069
Kelly, Patrick, 2011/0079
Ketes, Gerry, 2011/0070
Kiely, Stephen, 2009/0177*
Lalor, John, 2009/0078*
Little, George, 2011/0074
Lloyd, Brian, 2011/0090
Mansfield, Michael, 2010/0019*
McAuliffe, Tadgh, 2011/0088
McGrath, Neil, 2009/0026*
McGuirk, Jason, 2011/0098
McHugh, Darren, 2011/0110
McHugh, Niall, 2011/0091
McKeown, John, 2011/0077
McMenamin, Anthony, 2011/0127
Molony, John, 2011/0102 (Deferred)
Morgan, Paddy, 2011/0014
Murphy, David, 2011/0083
Murray, Richard, 2011/0081
O’Connor, Patrick, 2011/0054*
O’Doherty, Gregory, 2009/0021*
O’Donnell, Emmet, 2010/0020*
O'Leary, Michael, 2011/0036*
O'Toole, Colman, 2010/0149
Pierce, Gerry, 2011/0087
Quinn, Gerry, 2011/0025*
Reuland, Martin, 2011/0022
Ryan, James E. P., 2009/0187*
Ryan, Padraig, 2011/0119
Scallon, Patrick, 2009/0060*
Scully, Marc, 2011/0041
Smith, Tony, 2010/0120*
Sweeney Martin, 2011/0030*
Taggart, Patrick, 2011/0050
Tate, Killian, 2011/0113
Twamley, Thomas, 2011/0123

RESULTS OF HCAP MCQ, SLIGO, 13 AUGUST 2011

2011-08-20T11:10:00.003+01:00

The following candidates (numbers, followed by mark achieved) were successful in the HCAP MCQ held in Sligo on Saturday 13 August 2011 and are eligible to participate in the Range Test to be held at the Midlands Range on Saturday 27 August 2011.

2011/0122, 90%
2011/0109, 84%
2011/0126, 92%
2011/0125, 92%
2011/0067, 92%
2011/0084, 92%
2011/0110, 98%
2011/0127, 92%
2011/0022, 86%

The following candidates (numbers, followed by mark achieved) were unsuccessful and are required to re-sit and pass the MCQ stage before proceeding to any Range Test. The application fee for repeat candidates is €50.00. MCQ dates and venues are posted periodically on this blog site. “Fail” grades may be appealed to the HCAP Assessment Committee, subject to written application accompanied by re-checking fee, €50.00. Where written application for re-checking is received, it is reviewed by the Committee at the next scheduled Committee meeting following receipt of application. Applications for re-checking must be received within 10 (ten) days of publication of results on this blog.

2011/0111, 70%
2011/0057, 56%
2011/0045, 74%
2009/0106, 74%

RESULTS OF HCAP MCQ, PORTLAOISE, 6 AUGUST 2011

2011-08-19T21:16:00.005+01:00

The following candidates (numbers, followed by Pass mark obtained) were successful in the HCAP MCQ held in Portlaoise on Saturday 6 August 2011 and are eligible to participate in the Range Test to be held at the Midlands Range on Saturday 27 August 2011.

2011/0101, 94%
2011/0096, 90%
2011/0108, 92%
2011/0082, 96%
2011/0095, 88%
2011/0097, 84%
2011/0075, 86%
2011/0118, 82%
2011/0117, 94%
2011/0100, 90%
2011/0103, 94%
2011/0052, 94%
2011/0094, 96%
2011/0104, 94%
2011/0034, 90%
2011/0069, 86%
2011/0070, 90%
2011/0074, 86%
2011/0090, 88%
2011/0098, 82%
2011/0102, 82%
2011/0081, 96%
2011/0119, 90%
2011/0050, 92%
2011/0113, 94%
2011/0123, 96%
2011/0124, 90%

(All Candidates were successful)

HCAP MCQ - ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES AS AT 15 AUGUST 2011

2011-08-13T15:31:00.004+01:00

The following candidates, having entered for HCAP MCQs in 2010 and 2011 but to date not having participated in any MCQ, remain eligible to participate in the next scheduled MCQ, following those held in Portlaoise on 6 August 2011 and in Sligo on 13 August 2011.

The 2011 round of MCQs being over, future dates will be posted here in due course. Note - all communication with HCAP Candidates is done through the blogspot and is not done individually.

Bermudez, Daniel, 2011/0073
Breslin, Daniel, 2010/0066
Breslin, Eamon, 2010/0065
Broughan, Peter, 2011/0093
Buckley, Tony, 2010/0213
Carberry, Luke, 2010/0075
Connaughton, Brian, 2010/0218
Conway, Gareth, 2011/0005
Doyle, Jimmy, 2010/0033
Dunne, Frank, 2011/0042
Fogarty, Graham, 2011/0027
Gorman, Sean, 2011/0062
Hayes, Chris, 2011/0006
Herbert, John, 2011/0099
Hynes, Anthony, 2010/0129
Kane, Brian, 2011/0017
Kavanagh, Killian, 2011/0071
Kelleher, Damien, 2010/0161
Kelly, Sean, 2010/0211
Kennedy, Declan, 2011/0091
Leddin, Barry, 2010/0074
Leitch, James, 2011/0106
Lysaght, Donogh, 2011/0105
McCabe, Derek, 2010/0111
McPeake, Joe, 2011/0107
Nelson, John, 2010/0165
O’Cochlain, Brendan, 2011/0044
O’Herlihy, Damien, 2010/0203
O’Sullivan, John, 2010/0072
O’Sullivan, Stephen, 2011/0013
Quigley, Tony, 2010/0217
Reilly, Simon M., 2010/0054
Satas, Saulius, 2011/0007
Schiller, Bjorn, 2011/0072
Scully, Declan, 2011/0092
Sweeney, Martin, 2011/0030
Treacy, Seamus, 2011/0051

STALKER TRAINING OR STALKER ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION?

2011-08-10T11:50:00.004+01:00

A number of queries have surfaced in recent weeks concerning the nature of the Deer Alliance Hunter Competence Assessment Programme (HCAP).

Deer Alliance HCAP is an assessment and certification body only. It does not provide training, either in preparation for the HCAP process, or generally. The different deer organisations, including the Irish Deer Society through its various branches, or the Wild Deer Association of Ireland, do provide training both on an ongoing basis, and through pre-HCAP Workshops. IDS and WDAI are participating bodies within the Deer Alliance, and interested persons can get further information on membership and membership benefits from their respective websites, www.irishdeersociety.ie or www.wilddeerireland.com.

The Deer Alliance has published a Stalker Training Manual cost €35.00 including p. & p. Order Forms can be downloaded from the website, www.deeralliance.ie, where further information on the framework and terms of reference of HCAP is also available. Candidates are expected not to rely exclusively on the Stalker Training Manual but to look to the many other sources of information which are available, and on their own experience in the field.

HCAP MCQ, SATURDAY 13 AUGUST 2011, SLIGO

2011-08-08T21:14:00.008+01:00

The following candidates are eligible to participate in the next scheduled HCAP MCQ, to take place on Saturday 13 August 2011 at 3 p.m., at the Best Western Sligo Southern Hotel & Leisure Centre, Strandhill Road, Sligo Town, Sligo (GPS details: N+53°16’ 41.7” W-9° 0’ 53.73”).

The list includes a substantial number of candidates listed to participate in the HCAP MCQ held in Portlaoise, Co. Laois on Saturday 6 August 2011 but who did not present themselves for assessment on that occasion. Nonetheless they remain eligible for assessment.

Bermudez, Daniel, 2011/0073
Breslin, Daniel, 2010/0066
Breslin,Eamon, 2010/0065
Broughan, Peter, 2011/0093
Buckley, Tony, 2010/0213
Campbell, Trevor, 2011/0111
Carberry, Luke, 2010/0075
Carroll, Paul, 2011/0114
Coll, John, 2011/0122
Connaughton,Brian, 2010/0218
Connolly, Brian, 2011/0109
Conway, Gareth, 2011/0005
Donnell, Ian, 2011/0126
Donnell, David, 2011/0125
Doyle, Jimmy, 2010/0033
Dunne, Frank, 2011/0042
Fogarty, Graham, 2011/0027
Gamble, Damien, 2011/0045
Gorman, Sean, 2011/0062
Hayes, Chris, 2011/0006
Henderson, Brian, 2009/0106
Herbert, John, 2011/0099
Hynes, Anthony, 2010/0129
Ivory, Sean, 2011/0067
Kane, Brian, 2011/0017
Kavanagh, John, 2011/0084
Kavanagh, Killian, 2011/0071
Kelleher, Damien, 2010/0161
Kelly, Sean, 2010/0211
Kennedy, Declan, 2011/0091
Leddin, Barry, 2010/0074
Leitch, James, 2011/0106
Lysaght, Donogh, 2011/0105
McCabe, Derek, 2010/0111
McCarthy, Jonathan, 2011/0120*
McCarthy, Joseph, 2011/0121*
McHugh, Darren, 2011/0110
McMenamin, Anthony, 2011/0127
McMonagle, Hugh P., 2011/0057
McPeake, Joe, 2011/0107
Nelson, John, 2010/0165
O’Cochlain, Brendan, 2011/0044
O’Herlihy, Damien, 2010/0203
O’Sullivan, John, 2010/0072
O’Sullivan, Stephen, 2011/0013
Quigley, Tony, 2010/0217
Reilly, Simon M., 2010/0054
Reuland, Martin, 2011/0022
Robertson, Mark, 2011/0116*
Satas, Saulius, 2011/0007
Schiller, Bjorn, 2011/0072
Scully, Declan, 2011/0092
Sweeney, Martin, 2011/0030
Treacy, Seamus, 2011/0051

Applications for this HCAP MCQ are now closed.

TICK TALK - INFORMATION ON LYME DISEASE

2011-07-29T11:22:00.004+01:00

Lyme disease, or 'Borreliosis', is a bacterial infection passed to humans through a tick bite. It is currently the fastest growing vector-borne disease in the world. The bacteria is shaped like a corkscrew (called a spirochete), which enables it to burrow through body tissue which most other bacteria wouldn't be able to penetrate. This makes Lyme a serious and potentially debilitating disease causing a host of symptoms such as heart and nervous system problems, including palsies (paralysis) and meningitis and if left untreated can cause motor and sensory nerve damage, brain inflammation and/or arthritis.

Lyme Disease is commonly misdiagnosed as other illnesses such as CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or ME), Multiple Sclerosis and Fibromyalgia. Early diagnosis and treatment is essential to help those infected make a full recovery. If left undetected it can develop into disseminated or late Lyme Disease and can be extremely difficult to eradicate and can cause serious, long term health problems.

Research has shown that ticks collected in the areas of Counties Kerry, Galway, Connemara and Wicklow do carry the borrelia bacteriam therefore people in these areas may be at risk of being bitten by infected ticks. Followers of deer, whether as stalkers, photographers or just as general enthusiasts, should be aware of the threat to health from this source.

For more information, go to www.ticktalkireland.org, or download an information leaflet at www.ticktalkireland.org/lymeleaflet.pdf

RESULTS OF HCAP RANGE TEST, 28 MAY 2011

2011-05-30T10:22:00.003+01:00

The following 42 candidates were deemed HCAP-Certified following the HCAP Range Test held on 28 May 2011 (name, followed by HCAP Assessment Number):

Bates, Colm, 2011/0011
Brunton, Mark, 2010/0114
Byrne, Aiden, 2011/0010
Byrne, Fergal, 2011/0032
Cahill, Brendan, 2011/0012
Carville, aaron, 2011/0003
Cormican, Fergal, 2010/0141
Corrigan, Barry, 2010/0147
Devlin, Mark, 2011/0035
Donnelly, Des, 2010/0125
Donnelly, Jodie, 2011/0064
English, Richard, 2011/0039
Farrell, Patrick, 2011/0020
Fenelon, David, 2011/0055
Flanagan, Peter, 2011/0026
Foley, James, 2011/0066
Friel, Cathal, 2010/0210
Garvey, Jonathan, 2011/0015
Hayes, Richard, 2011/0065
Kee, Seamus, 2011/0004
Kehoe, James, 2011/0028
Large, Michael, 2011/0049
Lennon, Paul, 2011/0008
Long, Victor, 2011/0029
Lynch, Brendan, 2011/0037
Maguire, Noel, 2011/0021
Mahony, Cian, 2011/0053
Marron, Christopher, 2010/0109
McDaid, Aaron, 2011/0002
McDowell, Steven, 2010/0219
Moran, Oliver, 2011/0047
Murphy, Brendan, 2011/0038
O’Toole, Kevin, 2010/0107
Phelan, Michael, 2011/0056
Power, Simon, 2011/0043
Romano, Fulvio, 2011/0001
Ryan, Peter, 2011/0048
Ryan, Tom, 2011/0061
Simpson, Paul, 2011/0046
Sully, Thomas, 2011/0018
Tooher, John, 2011/0031
Vilpisauskas, Giedrius, 2011/0058

Congratulations to all successful candidates, and bad luck to those who were unsuccessful. Thanks to Jim Griffin, Tony Saunders and John-Paul Craven of the Midlands National Shooting Grounds, also to HCAP Range Officers, Pat Scully, Liam McGarry Snr., Liam McGarry Jnr., John Flynn and John Manley.

There were 28 No-Shows and/or Deferrals on this occasion. All Candidates are reminded of the 180-day Rule – candidates must complete the HCAP process within 180 days of first sitting the HCAP MCQ. Candidates will not be carried forward indefinitely without express notice and approval for deferring the Range Test. Candidates carried forward from 2010 (or earlier) must attend the next Range Test on 27 August 2011 or lose their eligibility to participate in any Range Test. If this happens, affected candidates will be required to re-sit the MCQ, as provided for in the Regulations.

HCAP RANGE TEST, SATURDAY 28 MAY 2011 - ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES

2011-05-24T11:09:00.001+01:00

The following Candidates are eligible to participate in the next scheduled HCAP Range Test, which will take place on Saturday 28 May 2011 at the Midland Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly.

The Range Test will commence at 10 a.m. sharp and candidates are advised to be in attendance from 9.30 a.m. Candidates will shoot in alphabetical order, with 16 shooters to each firing detail. All places on each firing detail will be filled according to candidates present when the detail is called.

Candidates should also familiarise themselves fully with the requirements for all candidates shooting at the Midland Range (see separate posting on this blog).

Names marked with an asterisk* were no-shows at the HCAP Range Test held on 9 October 2010 (in some cases, having missed earlier Range Tests) but remain eligible to participate in the Range Test on 28 May 2011. However these candidates must do the Range Test on that date (unless deferred with good cause and on notice) as otherwise they will fall under the 180-day completion rule and will have to re-sit the MCQ.

Bates, Colm, 2011/0011
Birchall, Kevin, 2009/0086
Brunton, Mark, 2010/0114
Byrne, Aidan, 2011/0010
Byrne, Fergal, 2011/0032
Cahill, Brendan, 2011/0012
Campbell, Aidan, 2010/0110*
Carroll, Ray, 2011/0060
Carroll, Shane, 2011/0059
Carville, Aaron, 2011/0003
Clements, Julian, 2011/0009
Cormican, Fergal, 2010/0141*
Corrigan, Barry, 2010/0147*
Costelloe, Edward, 2007/0105*
Crowe, Patrick, 2011/0024
Devlin, Mark, 2011/0035
Donnelly, Des, 2010/0125*
Donnelly, Jodie, 2011/0064
Doran, Anthony, 2010/0038*
Doyle, Desmond, 2010/0022*
Egan, William, 2007/0200*
English, Richard, 2011/0039
Farrell, Patrick, 2011/0020
Fenelon, David, 2011/0055
Flanagan, Peter, 2011/0026
Flynn, James, 2009/0132*
Foley, James, 2011/0066
Forde, Kevin, 2011/0019
Friel, Cathal, 2010/0210
Furlong, Allen, 2009/0075*
Garvey, Jonathan, 2011/0015
Geoghegan, Ciaran, 2010/0214*
Greaves, James, 2009/0080*
Griffin, Jason, 2008/0091*
Hanley, Andrew, 2011/0033
Hartnett, Chris, 2010/0140*
Hayes, Richard, 2011/0065
Horan, Kevin, 2010/0119*
Hutchinson, Robert, 2009/0108*
Kee, Seamus, 2011/0004
Kehoe, James, 2011/0028
Kenna, David, 2010/0124*
Kiely, Stephen, 2009/0177*
Lalor, John, 2009/0078*
Large, Michael, 2011/0049
Lennon, Paul, 2011/0008
Long, Victor, 2011/0029
Lynch, Brendan, 2011/0037
Maguire, Noel, 2011/0021
Mahony, Cian, 2011/0053
Mansfield, Michael, 2010/0019*
Marron, Christopher, 2010/0109*
McDaid, Aaron, 2011/0002
McGrath, Neil, 2009/0026*
McDowell, Steven, 2010/0219
Moran, Oliver, 2011/0047
Morgan, Paddy, 2011/0014
Murphy, Brendan, 2011/0038
O’Callaghan, Patrick, 2011/0040
O’Connor, Patrick, 2011/0054
O’Doherty, Gregory, 2009/0021*
O’Donnell, Emmet, 2010/0020*
O‘Leary, Michael, 2011/0036
O'Toole, Colman, 2010/0149*
O’Toole, Kevin, 2010/0107
Phelan, Michael, 2011/0056
Power, Simon, 2011/0043
Quinn, Gerry, 2011/0025
Romano, Fulvio, 2011/0001
Ryan, James E. P., 2009/0187*
Ryan, Peter, 2011/0048
Ryan, Tom, 2011/0061
Scallon, Patrick, 2009/0060*
Simpson, Paul, 2011/0046
Smith, Tony, 2010/0120*
Sweeney Martin, 2011/0030
Sully, Thomas, 2011/0018
Tooher, John, 2011/0031
Vilpisauskas, Giedrius, 2011/0058

ALBINO SIKA HIND IN WICKLOW, APRIL 2011

2011-04-28T11:20:00.006+01:00

Images of an albino Sika hind.

Photographs taken by Paul Clinch in Wicklow, April 2011. Despite her rounded head, this deer is believed to be three to four years old and has been sighted on numerous occasions. She runs with a herd of "ordinary" Sika, with no apparent behavioural difficulties.

With thanks to Paul Clinch.

RESULTS OF HCAP MCQ, CAHIR, CO. TIPPERARY, 16 APRIL 2011

2011-04-27T09:15:00.002+01:00

The following candidates were successful in the HCAP MCQ held at Kilcoran Lodge Hotel, Cahir, Co. Tipperary, on Saturday 16 April 2011 and are eligible to participate in the Range Test on Saturday 28 May 2011 from 10 a.m. at Midland Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (HCAP number, followed by Pass mark achieved):

2011/0011, 80%
2011/0032, 82%
2011/0012, 88%
2011/0060, 88%
2011/0059, 88%
2011/0003, 86%
2011/0024, 82%
2011/0035, 82%
2011/0030, 80%
2011/0039, 90%
2011/0055, 82%
2011/0066, 88%
2011/0033, 90%
2011/0065, 88%
2011/0004, 82%
2011/0028, 94%
2011/0049, 88%
2011/0029, 96%
2011/0037, 84%
2011/0053, 82%
2011/0002, 80%
2011/0047, 88%
2011/0038, 88%
2011/0040, 88%
2011/0054, 80%
2011/0036, 86%
2011/0063, 90%
2011/0056, 86%
2011/0043, 90%
2011/0025, 94%
2011/0048, 82%
2011/0061, 82%
2011/0046, 96%
2011/0064, 80%
2011/0031, 92%
2011/005, 90%

ALL PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES WERE SUCCESSFUL

RESULTS OF HCAP MCQ, LARAGH, CO. WICKLOW, 2 MARCH 2011

2011-03-21T00:07:00.002Z

The following candidates were successful in the HCAP MCQ held at Lynham’s Hotel, Laragh, Co. Wicklow, on Wednesday 2 March 2011 and are eligible to participate in the Range Test on Saturday 28 May 2011 from 10 a.m. at Midland Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (HCAP number, followed by Pass mark achieved):

2011/0009, 82%
2011/0020, 86%
2011/0026, 86%
2011/0019, 86%
2010/0210, 86%
2011/0015, 88%
2011/0008, 86%
2011/0021, 86%
2010/0219, 88%
2011/0014, 82%
2011/0001, 84%
2011/0018, 86%

The following candidates (number, followed by mark achieved) were unsuccessful and are required to re-sit and pass the MCQ stage before proceeding to any Range Test. The application fee for repeat candidates is €50.00. MCQ dates and venues are posted periodically on this blog site. “Fail” grades may be appealed to the HCAP Assessment Committee, subject to written application accompanied by re-checking fee, €50.00. Where written application for re-checking is received, it is reviewed by the Committee at the next scheduled Committee meeting following receipt of application.

2011/0010, 74%
2011/0024, 66%
2011/0017, 64%
2010/0028, 62%
2011/0016, 50%
2011/0023, 72%

NATIONAL WILD DEER CONFERENCE SATURDAY 2 APRIL 2011

2011-02-15T15:41:00.004Z

"Is it Possible to Build Consensus on a National Deer Management Strategy?" is the theme of a conference to be held at the Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone, Co. Westmeath on Saturday 2 April 2011. Key speakers have been lined up, including Jamie Dick (Queen's University, Belfast), Peter Watson (The Deer Initiative, UK), Declan Little (Woodlands of Ireland), Jim Walsh (Irish Deer Society), Ciaran Nugent (Forestry Division, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry) and Barry Coad (Coillte Teoranta). Liam Nolan, Deer Alliance HCAP, will deliver a paper dealing with issues affecting hunters.

As places are limited, early booking is advised. Further information is available from Robert Henaghan, telephone 086 822 2838 or email, robhenaghan@yahoo.co.uk. Cost is €25.00 per person, to include lunch & refreshments. Cheques (payable to Irish Deer Society) to R. Henaghan, Callocoon, 104 Caiseal Cam, Roscam, Galway, Co. Galway.

DEER ALLIANCE HCAP MCQs AND RANGE TESTS, 2011

2011-01-19T13:04:00.004Z

The following is the schedule of HCAP events in 2011:

MCQs

WEDNESDAY 2 MARCH 2011, 8 p.m., LARAGH, CO. WICKLOW
SATURDAY 16 APRIL 2011, 3 p.m., CAHIR, CO. TIPPERARY
SUNDAY 26 JUNE 2011, CONNACHT (VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED)
SATURDAY 6 AUGUST 2011, (3 p.m.), PORTLAOISE, CO. LAOIS.

RANGE TESTS

SATURDAY 28 MAY 2011 (Midland Rifle Club)
SATURDAY 27 AUGUST 2011 (Midland Rifle Club)

(all dates subject to change)

COMBINED LIST OF HCAP-CERTIFIED CANDIDATES, 2005-2010

2010-10-11T10:09:00.003+01:00

The following is a full list of all candidates deemed HCAP-Certified from 17 August , 2005 (first Range Test after commencement of programme) to 9 October 2010 (most recent Range Test).

A total of 855 (eight hundred and thirty-five) candidates have now, as at 9 October 2010, passed both stages of the HCAP Certification process (MCQ and Range Test) and are deemed HCAP-Certified.

The figure of 855 represents approximately 85% of the total number of candidates assessed to date.

A further 50 candidates approximately have applied for certification as at 9 October 2010, or have completed the MCQ stage but not the Range Test.

(Listed in reverse order from October 2010 to August 2005)
_______________________________________________

The following 20 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the HCAP Range Test held on 9 October 2010 (name, followed by HCAP Assessment Number):

Auhl, Rudolf, 2010/0099
Barry, Liam, 2010/0152
Bellew, Pat, 2009/0157
Burke, Ulick, 2010/0205
Byrne, Michael, 2010/0212
Byrne, Philip, 2010/0215
Daly, Barry, 2010/0221
D’Easaille, Frank, 2010/0048
Deasy, Liam, 2010/0192
Dolan, Cathal, 2010/0102
Donovan, Paul, 2010/0206
Donovan, Timothy, 2010/0207
Dunne, Neilie, 2010/0115
Egan, David, 2008/0020
Griffin, Jason, 2008/0091
Hanlon, Darren, 2007/0085
Kavanagh, Mattie, 2010/0208
Kenny, Fergus, 2010/0144
Nuttall, Graham, 2010/0209
O’Reilly, Stephen, 2010/0216

The following 99 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the HCAP Range Test held on 28 August 2010 (name, followed by HCAP Assessment Number):

Bacon, Peter, 2010/0138
Barry, John, 2010/0170
Bates, Fergal, 2010/0168
Bates, Donal, 2010/0197
Berkery, John, 2010/0130
Blackmore, Stephen, 2010/0202
Bowe, Michael, 2010/0098
Boxwell, Frank, 2009/0123
Boxwell, P. J., 2009/0124
Boyle, Colum, 2007/0123
Brady, Paul, 2010/0143
Butler, Al, 2007/0091
Butler, Edward, 2010/0157
Butler, Frank, 2010/0137
Byrne, Alan, 2010/0121
Carey, Michael, 2010/0190
Carrigan, Colin, 2008/0041
Carroll, David, 2010/0201
Clancy, Kevin, 2010/0185
Collier, Roy, 2009/0216
Colliton, Des, 2010/0112
Conroy, John, 2010/0101
Commons, Seamus, 2010/0080
Costigan, Philip, 2010/0196
Cubitt, Norman, 2010/0174
Curran, Noel, 2010/0135
Di Nardi, Gioacchino, 2010/0191
Donnery, Martin J., 2010/0194
Doran, Vincent, 2010/0128
Downes, Richard, 2010/0193
Doyle, Stephen, 2010/0187
Driver, John, 2010/0123
Druhan, Michael, 2009/0201
Duffy, David, 2010/0166
Duffy, Oliver, 2010/0136
Fenlon, Don, 2010/0050
Fitzgerald, Philip, 2010/0006
Flynn, Joseph C., 2010/0015
Fogarty, Paddy, 2010/0173
Galligan, James-Paul, 2009/0207
Green, Lee, 2008/0103
Hand, Stephen, 2010/0204
Hartford, Colin, 2010/0131
Heatherington, Eamon, 2010/0088
Heneghan, John, 2010/0142
Hickey, David A., 2010/0167
Hogan, John, 2010/0183
Kearns, John, 2010/0132
Kenny, David, 2010/0195
Keyes, Martin, 2010/0133
Kielthy, Jim, 2008/0108
Kingston, John, 2010/0118
Kirwan, Alan, 2010/0188
Kirwan, Stuart, 2009/0194
Lee, Shane, 010/0092
Lennon, Michael, 2010/0139
Lewis, Robert, 2010/0181
Lloyd, Jonathan, 2010/0189
Lundy, Liam, 2010/0148
Lynch, John, 2010/0153
Mackenzie, Frank, 2010/0108
Masterson, George, 2010/0113
McDonagh, Shane, 2010/0171
McEvoy, Gerard, 2010/0155
McEvoy, Martin, 2010/0182
McIlveen, Paul, 2009/0158
McLoughlin, Joseph, 2010/0146
Magee, John, 2007/0090
McCabe, Michael, 2010/0175
Meursing, Dwighet, 2008/0071
Morrissey, David, 2010/0068
Morrissey, Joe, 2010/0069
Murphy, Kieran, 2010/0162
Noonan, Adrian, 2010/0079
O’Connell, Stephen, 2010/0081
O’Donnell, Hugh, 2010/0150
O’Leary, Donal, 2010/0164
O’Reardon, Paul, 2009/0131
Phelan, Bill, 2010/0127
Pike, David, 2009/0181
Porter, Thomas, 2010/0145
Prescott, Malcolm, 2010/0154
Quigley, Damien, 2010/0100
Rowan, Cathal, 2010/0199
Rowan, Dermot, 2010/0200
Ryan, Andrew F., 2010/0126
Ryan, Michael, 2005/01/0015
Ryan, Thomas, 2010/0106
Savage, Peter, 2010/0184
Sheerin, Gerry, 2010/0186
Shore, Raymond, 2010/0156
Shore, Trevor, 2010/0159
Somers, Fergal, 2006/0054
Somers, Kevin, 2010/0117
Spillane, Steven, 2009/0145
Styles, Ross, 2009/0210
Swift, Alaster, 2010/0122
Tracey, George, 2010/0163
Tracey, Leon, 2010/0067
Walker, Sam, 2010/0177

The following 84 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on 24 April 2010 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Thomas Noble, 2010/0095
Martin McDaid, 2010/0096
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, 2010/0027
James Duggan, 2006/0077
Jack Roest, 2007/0116
Tom McGrath, 2010/0001
John O’Brien, 2010/0002
Lorcan Mulhern, 2010/0003
James J. Devine, 2010/0005
Victor Quirke, 2010/0007
Kieran Begadon, 2010/0008
Eugene Ryan, 2010/0009
John Greene, 2010/0010
Maurice M. Quirke, 2010/0011
Kieran Byrne, 2010/0012
John McSweeney, 2010/0013
Matt Murphy, 2010/0014
Edward Murphy, 2010/0016
Justin Collins, 2010/0017
Robert Collins, 2010/0018
Noel Power, 2010/0023
Geoffrey McKenna, 2010/0024
Alan Neary, 2010/0025
Philip McCarron, 2010/0026
Padraig Murphy, 2010/0029
Paul Doran, 2010/0030
John Sheehy, 2010/0031
Shane Flynn, 2010/0032
Nicolas Codoul, 2010/0034
Anthony Byrne, 2010/0035
Kornel Czene, 2010/0036
James Walsh, 2009/0160
Harry Hannon, 2010/0004
Jose Gallardo, 2010/0028
John Maher, 2010/0039
Patrick Furlong, 2010/0040
Declan Maher, 2010/0041
Gerard O’Reilly, 2010/0042
James O’Neill, 2010/0043
Ronan Maher, 2010/0044
John Reddy, 2010/0045
Colin Cahill, 2010/0046
Shane O’Neill, 2010/0047
Jonathan Walsh, 2010/0049
John Mulhall, 2010/0051
Shane Kavanagh, 2010/0052
Martin Curran, 2010/0053
Mark Bannon, 2010/0056
Denis O’Sullivan, 2009/0087
John McGowan, 2010/0021
Stephane Fouere, 2009/0006
Paul Rochford, 2010/0055
Mark Whelan, 2010/0057
Dan McKenna, 2010/0060
Clive Clarke, 2010/0061
Tom Sparing, 2010/0062
Gavan Barry, 2010/0063
George Kingston, 2010/0064
Ray Sampson, 2010/0070
Tom O’Donnell, 2010/0071
Paddy Hartnett, 2010/0073
Michael Coughlan, 2010/0076
Colm Magill, 2010/0077
Barry Magan, 2010/0082
James Barrett, 2010/0084
Richard McGrath, 2010/0087
Desmond Geraghty, 2010/0089
Mark Slevin, 2010/0090
Terry Moore, 2010/0093
David Dunne, 2010/0094
Barth O’Keeffe, 2010/0097
Tom Fahy, 2009/0164
Anthony Dempsey, 2009/0186
John Foy, 2009/0111
Liam Glynn, 2009/0027
Nigel Cody, 2009/0002
John Manley, 2007/0095
Anthony Doran, 2010/0038
James Flynn, 2009/0132
Patrick McManus, 2009/0138
Colm Kingston, 2008/0145
Dermot Waters, 2010/0086
Norman Mulvaney, 2010/0083
Conall Brennan, 2009/0033

HCAP CERTIFIED CANDIDATES, 26 SEPTEMBER 2009

The following 83 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on 26 September 2009 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Frances Lynch, 2009/0153
Patrick McBride, 2009/0090
Nigel McBride, 2009/0091
Joseph McBride, 2009/0092
Liam Nolan (Thurles), 2009/0073
Simon Steele, 2008/0155
Rory Hogan, 2009/0168
Patrick Dodrill , 2009/0133
Cornelis van Bladel, 2008/0159
Eoin Gillespie, 2009/0010
Seppi Hona, 2009/0118
Mark Turley, 2009/0146
John O’Donnell, 2008/0002
Des Crofton, 2007/0014
Brian McGleenon, 2009/0136
Jeff Banks, 2009/0121
Steven Spillane, 2009/0145
Stephen Buckley, 2009/0018
Stefan Ritzen, 2009/0011
Ciaran Nugent, 2009/0049
Conor Dennedy, 2009/0116
Pat Kelly, 2009/0117
Seamus J. McHugh, 2009/0120
James Armitage, 2008/0074
Patrick Carey, 2008/0153
Jonathan Blackmore, 2008/0154
Maurice Cunningham, 2009/0147
William Fitzpatrick, 2009/0149
Michael McGrath, 2009/0150
Kevin Gahan, 2009/0159
Jeremy Nicholson, 2009/0165
Brian Murphy, 2009/0166
Aidan Murphy , 2009/0167
Gerard Long, 2006/0034
Jonathan Corban, 2009/0169
Bob Dineen , 2009/0180
Diarmuid Maher, 2009/0182
Che Convery, 2009/0170
Ger Hickey, 2009/0171
Denis Barry, 2009/0172
Stephen McKeever, 2009/0173
Reno Batog, 2009/0174
Michael O’Leary, 2009/0178
Sarah Corbett, 2009/0183
Thomas Fraughen, 2009/0184
John McDermott, 2009/0188
Jim Leigh, 2009/0189
James Pettit, 2008/0146
John Pettit, 2008/0147
James Fitzharris, 2009/0015
John Dunne, 2009/0151
John Guthrie, 2008/0152
James Walsh, 2008/0135
Paul O’Brien, 2009/0102
Michael P. Rowan, 2009/0152
Stephen Cassidy, 2009/0154
Nicholas Ward, 2009/0155
Seamus Timmons, 2009/0156
Robert Daly, 2009/0161
Ian Fleming, 2009/0162
Colin Power, 2009/0007
Martin Halloran, 2009/0175
Martin Daly, 2009/0176
Brendan Kennedy, 2009/0013
Sean Anthony Byrne, 2009/0009
Said Tribek, 2009/0212
Aidan Murphy, 2009/0185
John Willoughby, 2009/0190
John Foxton, 2009/0195
Clive Jackson, 2009/0196
Alan Crooke, 2009/0197
Paul Clinch, 2009/0198
William Kirwan, 2009/0105
Mick McWilliams, 2009/0204
Jim Doyle, 2009/0205
Francis Daly, 2009/0208
Patrick Pettit, 2009/0202
Pat Farren, 2009/0203
Jamie Nolan, 2009/0209
Joe McDonagh, 2009/0200
George Gordon Bass, 2009/0213
Robert Moulton, 2009/0215
David Byrne, 2009/0062

The following 105 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on June 27, 2009 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Gerry Houlihan, 2007/0205
Patrick Moriarty, 2008/0072
Trevor Davis, 2007/0063
John Flynn, 2007/0071
John Kelly, 2008/0139
Vahe Bogossian , 2008/0117
Brian Upton, 2009/0003
Bernard Stokes, 2009/0004
Eamonn Giblin, 2007/0180
Brendan Cleere, 2009/0079
Paul Bowler, 2009/0020
Peter Moylan, 2009/0025
Noel Morrin, 2009/0034
Gerard Cummins, 2009/0036
Declan Mortimer, 2008/0079
Michael Gibbons, 2009/0039
Gerard O’Connor, 2009/0046
John Murphy, 2009/0054
Robert Heneghan, 2009/0055
Fred Moore, 2009/0056
Breffni Archer, 2009/0057
Patrick G. O’Doherty, 2009/0059
Enda Moynihan, 2008/0151
Tadgh O’Keeffe, 2009/0016
Michael Fitzhenry, 2009/0023
John Joe Cullotty, 2009/0028
Michael Gottstein, 2009/0051
Robert Nugent, 2009/0029
John Geoghegan, 2009/0094
Donal Delaney, 2009/0032
David O’Doherty, 2009/0038
Kenneth O’Brien, 2009/0030
Mark Rylands, 2009/0041
Eddie O’Brien, 2008/0059
Derek Stamp, 2009/0043
Keith McCleane, 2009/0044
Martin Fleming, 2009/0050
Kevin O’Sullivan, 2009/0049
Pat Brennan, 2009/0061
Annraoi Milner, 2009/0063
William Ireland, 2009/0064
Kevin J. McCarthy, 2009/0065
Kevin O’Sullivan, 2009/0066
Raymond McCarthy, 2009/0067
Patrick Fleming, 2009/0069
Joseph Darcy, 2009/0070
Frank McCarthy, 2009/0071
Michael Heffernan, 2009/0072
Dermot Hayes, 2009/0100
John Joe Maher, 2009/0074
Nevin Hindle, 2009/0076
Michael Watkins, 2008/0077
Michael Corbett, 2009/0068
Paul Fletcher, 2009/0040
Thomas Brennan, 2009/0083
Andrew Kelly, 2009/0084
John Doran, 2009/0085
Aidan O’Sullivan, 2009/0089
Sean Rigley, 2009/0109
Willie Barry, 2008/0140
John Brennan, 2009/0097
Daniel O’Flaherty, 2008/0129
Robert Jordan, 2009/0008
Finbar Buttimer, 2009/0019
Paul McFadden, 2009/0052
Richard Young, 2009/0081
Denis O’Conor, 2009/0101
Oliver Naughton, 2009/0103
Donal Keegan, 2008/0158
Eddie Goggin, 2009/0095
Anthony Gilbert, 2009/0113
John O’Donoghue, 2009/0115
Rahul Rana, 2009/0112
John McGrory, 2008/0160
Tom Noonan, 2009/0093
Pearse O’Shannon, 2009/0047
Mark Deery, 2009/0048
Simon Gummer, 2009/0107
Jim Gannon, 2009/0110
Tony St. Leger, 2009/0082
Brendan M. Rohan, 2009/0122
Niall Brady, 2009/0127
Michael Boyle, 2009/0128
Jason Moore, 2009/0129
Donald Flanagan, 2009/0130
Lorcan Dodrill, 2009/0134
Sean Carlin, 2009/0137
David Shannon, 2009/0139
Kevin Barber, 2009/0141
Neil Gallagher, 2009/0142
John Hederman, 2009/0143
Michael Kane, 2009/0144
James Finlay, 2009/0104
Eoin McSweeney, 2009/0078
William Bolger, 2008/0027
Liam Jennings, 2009/0031
Billie O’Regan, 2008/0067
Mary O’Regan, 2008/0068
James Smith, 2009/0075
John Fortune, 2008/0134
Douglas Culligan, 2009/0037
John Leech, 2008/0007
Eamonn Wall, 2008/0086
Richard Slattery, 2008/0149
Fergus Kent, 2009/0104

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The following 23 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on October 18, 2008 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Diarmuid Murphy, 2007/0178
James Nolan, 2007/0061
Alan Hassett, 2008/0069
Kevin Vaughan, 2008/0156
Padraic Prunty, 2008/0157
David Bogossian, 2008/0116
Tom Quinn, 2008/0118
Eamonn Shannon, 2008/0119
Gerard Halligan 2008/0120
Eamon Mongan, 2008/0123
Brian Mongan, 2008/0124
Seamus Duffy, 2008/0126
Maurice Barry, 2008/0127
Brian O’Flaherty, 2008/0131
Anton Moran, 2008/0132
Frank Moran, 2008/0133
Leo Seery, 2008/0141
Ger O’Donovan, 2008/0142
Ian Stubbs, 2008/0144
Patrick Brennan, 2008/0046
Michael Browne, 2008/0073
George Gaffney, 2007/0099
Thomas O’Loughlin, 2008/0005

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The following 4 Candidates are deemed HCAP-Certified following a Range Test held on September 9, 2008 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

David Gunning, 2008/0110
Tim Crowley, 2008/0112
John Dwyer, 2008/0113
Anne Fitzpatrick, 2008/0114
Irene O'Brien, 2008/0115
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The following 49 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on July 19, 2008 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Alan Young, 2008/0089
Sean Cummins, 2008/0039
Niall Whitely, 2008/0008
Peter Crinion, 2007/0060
John Lambert, 2007/0088
Emmet Nolan, 2006/0060
Matthew Nolan,2006/0126
David Dowd, 2008/0001
Andrew Ryan, 2007/0096
Cillian Doyle, 2007/0100
Darren Flynn, 2007/0070
Paul Hayes, 2007/0100
Michael Reynolds, 2008/0013
Alan Fogarty, 2008/0014
Derick Matthews, 2008/0015
Robbie Forde,2007/0069
Michael Nolan, 2007/0089
James C. Hogan, 2008/0016
John Crawley, 2007/0201
Dan McCarthy (Snr), 2008/0011
Daniel McCarthy (Jnr, 2008/0012
Ger O’Brien, 2008/0043
James K. Fennelly, 2008/0063
Thomas Fox, 2008/0080
Fiona Kane, 2008/0081
Arthur Baker, 2008/0083
Donal Neville, 2008/0085
Martin James Hughes, 2005/02/0011
Wayne Byrne, 2008/0087
Walter Byrne, 2008/0088
Pat Hagan, 2008/0096
Jeremy Ryan, 2008/0090
Ian McCulloch, 2008/0092
George O‘Malley, 2008/0094
Thomas Brady, 2008/0095
James Callaghan, 2008/0051
Gerard McDonnell, 2007/0136
Jerry Fogarty, 2006/0016
John Nolan, 2006/0125
Shane Egan, 2008/0098
Alan Egan, 2008/0099
John Hamilton, 2008/0100
Richard Tyrrell, 2008/0101
Colm Flynn, 2008/0102
Liam O’Shaughnessy, 2007/0107
Pat Delaney, 2008/0104
Michael Ferguson, 2008/0106
Andrew Ironside, 2008/0109
Michael Tyrrell, 2008/0082
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The following 3 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on the dates indicated (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Michael Fenlon, (July 30, 2008)
Jerry Scully, 2007/0184 (July 11, 2008)
Nikolai Burkart, 2005/04/0001 (May 23, 2008).
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The following 61 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on April 26, 2008 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Joe Turley Jnr., 2007/0204
Paul Kelly, 2007/0191
Louise Lally, 2007/0122
Leo Croke, 2007/0174
John Bolger, 2007/0175
Santino Rea, 2007/0019
Anthony Thomas, 2007/0186
James Davis-Goff, 2007/0177
Richard Power, 2007/0199
Thomas Melia, 2007/0197
Pat Hennessy, 2007/0187
John Lloyd, 2007/0198
Sam Boxwell, 2008/0003
Patrick O‘Keeffe, 2008/0009
Joseph Kane, 2008/0019
Christopher Murray, 2007/0184
Liam McDevitt, 2007/0196
Joachim Schaefer, 2008/0006
Brendan Duffy, 2008/0017
Gerry McNulty, 2008/0018
Bartley Connolly, 2007/0112
Patrick Condon, 2008/0021
Leonard Stewart, 2008/0026
Fergal Madden, 2008/0028
Enda Coffey, 2008/0030
Veronika Höna, 2008/0033
Gerd Höna, 2008/0034
Tommy Doyle, 2008/0035
Martin Lawless, 2007/0130
Michael Lawless, 2008/0037
Patrick Power, 2007/0185
Paul Walsh, 2007/0181
Pat Kiely, 2007/0190
Michael Sadlier, 2007/0188
Brian Blackmore, 2007/0176
Alan Sherwood, 2008/0004
Ronald Mupfupi, 2008/0023
David Scott, 2008/0024
Charles Spence, 2008/0025
Billy Meehan, 2008/0031
Gerard O’Sullivan, 2008/0032
Benny O’Dea, 2008/0038
Gerard Brady, 2008/0040
Philip Ryan, 2008/0045
Avalon O’Keeffe, 2008/0047
Dan Quinlan, 2008/0049
Mike Power, 2008/0050
Daniel Bourke, 2008/0052
Sean Harding, 2008/0053
Paul Walsh, 2008/0056
John Walsh, 2008/0057
Barth O’Keeffe, 2008/0061
James O’Keeffe, 2008/0062
Brian O’Connor, 2008/0064
Neil Carey, 2008/0065
Paul Burke, 2008/0066
John Murphy, 2008/0070
Allen Furlong, 2008/0075
John Lalor, 2008/0078
James Greaves, 2008/0080
Patrick Temple, 2007/0189
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The following 22 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on October 27, 2007 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Frank Parsons, 2007/0121
Jonathan Baguley, 2007/0013
Oliver Kierse, 2007/0041 cert sent
David Brady, 2007/0064
Gerald Brady, 2007/0062
Gareth Byrne, 2007/0173
Tom Bates, 2007/0147
Ben Smeele, 2007/0192
Jason Doyle, 2007/0057
Leo Willeboordese, 2007/0179
Eugene McCosker, 2007/0193
Alan Lutton, 2007/0202
Paul Foley, 2007/0194
Colin White, 2007/0159
Francis Cullen, 2007/0170
John Hennessy, 2005/03/0001
Dave Tracey, 2007/0001
Philip Hickey, 2006/0122
Colm Duggan, 2007/0008
Michael Nestor, 2007/0140
John Bates, 2007/0051
Joe Turley Snr., 2007/0203
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The following 68 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on August 25, 2007 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Ion Hamilton, 2007/0044
Peter Townsend, 2007/0017
Jack Schots, 2007/0034
Pat O‘Keeffe, 2007/0033
James Somers, 2007/0053
Richard Adams, 2007/0009
Des O’Neill, 2007/0007
Willie Roche, 2007/0006
Marcin Zielinski, 2007/0078
Liam McGarry Jnr., 2007/0012
Brendan Earls, 2006/0055
Keelan MacMoorland, 2007/0016
Jason Conway, 2007/0036
T. Samuel Birch, 2007/0115
Paul Spillane, 2007/0171
Andy Bourne, 2007/0131
Robin Heathcote, 2007/0134
Alan Morrissey, 2007/0084
Martin Bolger, 2007/0138
Thomas McDonald, 2007/0139
Stephen O‘Reilly, 2007/0141
Sean O’Reilly, 2007/0142
Derek Kenny, 2007/0144
Brian Moore, 2007/0106
Eunan McCrossan, 2007/0108
Joe McBrearty, 2007/0109
John McCrossan, 2007/0111
Gerald Duffy, 2007/0113
Seamus Heraty, 2007/0117
Donal McMenamin, 2007/0118
Patrick Doherty, 2007/0119
Stephen Moore, 2007/0120
Noel Spillane, 2007/0172
David Kyles, 2007/0124
James Murrin, 2007/0125
Eugene McLaughlin, 2007/0126
Alan Coyle, 2007/0127
Shaun Feeney, 2007/0128
Hugh Haughey, 2007/0129
Michael Byrne, 2007/0054
James Hanrahan, 2007/0056
Liam Jenkinson, 2007/0145
Tom Byrne, 2007/0058
John Martin, 2007/0146
Tom Clinton, 2007/0073
Nick Murphy, 2007/0148
Ben Horan, 2007/0149
John Harrington, 2007/0150
Declan Doyle, 2007/0152
Wayne Gregory, 2007/0153
Kevin O’Reilly, 2007/0154
Edward Jenkinson, 2007/0155
James Jenkinson, 2007/0156
Keith Doyle, 2007/0157
Mark Doyle, 2007/0158
Darren Duffy, 2007/0160
Anthony Walsh, 2007/0162
John Phelan, 2007/0164
Nicky Kelly, 2007/0165
Stephen Moxley, 2007/0167
Desmond Lambert, 2007/0168
Patrick Ward, 2007/0169
Noel Breen, 2007/0059
Pat Kavanagh, 2007/0080
Jamie Heffernan, 2007/0052
Patrick Byrne, 2005/01/0011
Kevin Brooks, 2007/0015
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The following 43 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on June 30, 2007 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Paul Martin, 2006/0109
Stephen Ward, 2006/0110
Noel McCarthy, 2006/0118
Peter Kiely, 2007/0032
John Doyle, 2007/0002
Sean Doyle, 2007/0003
Diarmuid Doyle, 2007/0004
Piero Rasini, 2007/0050
Ken Doherty, 2007/0103
Thomas Murphy, 2007/0010
Genaro Di Nardi, 2007/0011
Simon Martin, 2007/0018
Rocco Di Nardi, 2007/0021
Francis Mueller, 2007/0023
Patrick Molloy, 2007/0024
Matt Condon, 2007/0025
Noel O’Leary, 2007/0027
Tim Foley, 2007/0028
Peter Jackson, 2007/0029
Paul Kiely 2007/0030
William O‘Meara, 2007/0031
Barry Raymond, 2007/0035
John Liddy, 2007/0039
Liam Browne, 2007/0040
Kurt Ecker, 2007/0042
John O’Mahony, 2007/0043
Bill Dawes, 2007/0045
Edmund Graef, 2007/0046
Alan Clarke, 2007/0047
Martin O’Rourke, 2005/01/0008
Andrew McKeever, 2007/0048
Charles Nielsen, 2007/0072
John Duggan, 2007/0074
Patrick Creane, 2007/0075
Sean Creane, 2007/0076
Brian Binions, 2007/0077
Paul Mernagh, 2007/0079
John Wickham, 2007/0092
Kevin Gallagher, 2007/0098
Michael Larkin, 2007/0102
Patrick Kinsella. 2006/0117
Seamus Whelan, 2006/0116
Owen Kelly, 2007/0104

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The following 20 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on August 14, 2006 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Tom Lyons, 2006/0111
Arie J. van der Wel Snr., 2006/0115
John A. Curtis, 2006/0120
Richard Flynn, 2006/0064
Philip Coffey, 2006/0069
Tommy O’Brien, 2006/0121
Eoin Doherty, 2006/0123
Frank Rowan, 2006/0105
Frank Doyle, 2006/0106
John Crothers, 2006/0107
Owen McNaughton, 2006/0041
Rodgie Whelan, 2006/0085
Des Flynn, 2006/0071
Paul Hogan, 2006/0061
Denis Sheehan, 2006/0025
Dermot Long, 2006/0033
Tony Doody, 2005/01/0019
Stephen Creech, 2005/01/0006
John Kenna, 2005/05/0012
Dave Canty, 2006/0022

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The following 60 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on July 3, 2006 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Michael McGuirk, 2006/0039
Gerard Linehan, 2006/0007
Graham Keane, 2005/05/0011
Derek O’Brien, 2005/03/0010
Pierce O’Brien, 2005/03/0023
Noel McCoy, 2005/03/0009
Finbarr O’Donovan, 2006/0084
Aengus O’Donovan, 2006/0089
John McCarthy, 2006/0103
Brendan Sweeney, 2006/0097
Michael Whelan, 2006/0036
David Rooney, 2006/0037
Joseph Daly, 2006/0038
Giles Gildea, 2006/0040
Ivan Stronge, 2006/0021
Derek Ward, 2006/0042
William Allen, 2006/0043
Maurice Allen, 2006/0044
Laurence (Larry) Taaffe, 2006/0045
Daniel O’Loughlin, 2006/0047
Tom Delaney, 2006/0048
Mel Doyle, 2006/0051
William Tighe, 2006/0052
Billy Nolan, 2006/0053
Paul McAuley, 2006/0062
Joseph Doyle, 2006/0018
Jim O’Brien, 2006/0057
Eamonn Lyons, 2006/0058
Aidan O’Brien, 2006/0059
Terry O’Hanlon, 2006/0063
Vincent Whelan, 2006/0065
Vincent Coffey, 2006/0066
Richard Walsh, 2006/0067
Michael Sammon, 2006/0068
Noel Walsh, 2006/0070
Tom Hennessy, 2006/0073
Killian John Hennessy, 2006/0074
Damien Frisby, 2006/0075
Lee Coffey, 2006/0076
Edward Grant, 2006/0079
Frank Hayden, 2006/0080
Al Swaby, 2005/01/0020
Neil Kelly, 2006/0081
Richard Passberger, 2006/0056
Nicholas Flynn, 2006/0082
Larry Farrell, 2006/0083
Edward Carroll, 2006/0086
John Doyle, 2006/0087
James Tate, 2006/0088
Keith Fennelly, 2006/0090
Michael Bradshaw, 2006/0091
Joe O’Callaghan, 2006/0093
Vince O’Donovan, 2006/0094
Stephen White, 2006/0095
John Ferns, 2006/0096
Jannes Helmholt, 2006/0099
Pat O’Donovan, 2006/0102
Colin Leach, 2006/0108
Don Doran, 2005/02/0010
Andre Passberger, 2006/0100

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The following 45 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on May 4th 2006 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Roddy Moore, 2006/0001
Ahmed R. Salman, 2005/02/0005
Owen Dunne, 2006/0002
Dan Power, 2006/0003
Michael Cleere, 2006/0005
Frank Bass, 2006/0006
John Harris, 2006/0009
Pat Kavanagh, Jnr., 2006/0010
Aidan Canavan, 2006/0011
Brendan Holden, 2006/0013
Brian Murphy, 2006/0014
Seamus Hennessy, 2006/0017
Albie Valentyn, 2005/03/0028
Frank Brady, 2005/04/0006
Alan Doyle, 2005/04/0014
Gerry Lenihan, 2005/01/0027
Damien Hannigan, 2006/0019
Ken Graham, 2005/01/0017
Michael Moloney, 2006/0023
Paul Hogan, 2006/0024
Bill Daly, 2006/0026
Liam Daly, 2006/0027
Peter Maher, 2005/02/0020
Tony Dunne, 2006/0029
John Connelly, 2005/05/0024
Paddy Cahill, 2006/0031
John Clooney, 2006/0032
Alan Duke, 2006/0015
Nicholas Owens, 2006/0008
Walter Barry, 2006/0004
John O’Grady, 2006/0012
Matt Wilson, 2006/0035
Stephen Dunn, 2005/05/0009
Camilla Sjostrand, 2005/05/0018
John J. Jackson, 2005/05/0018
Wayne O’Hea, 2005/01/0032
John Creedon, 2005/01/0033
Paul Wood, 2005/04/0002
Edward Minihan, 2005/04/0015
Ivan O’Neill, 2006/0030
Peter Hunt, 2005/04/0010
Ross Hunt, 2005/04/0011
Sean Coady, 2006/0020
Seamus Doheny, 2006/0028
John Morehead, 2005/01/0013
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The following 27 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on February 8th 2006 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Frank Byrne, 2005/03/0013
Declan Keogh, 2005/03/0014
Philip Blake, 2005/03/0005
Michael Kane, 2005/05/0001
Anthony Ward, 2005/05/0005
John Fenton, 2005/05/0007
Murtagh Murphy, 2005/05/0008
Sean O’Carolan, 2005/02/0002
Vincent Maguire, 2005/05/0013
Murtagh Logan, 2005/05/0017
Franz Waldburg, 2005/04/0018
Tom Stewart, 2005/05/0021
Barry Coad, 2005/01/0002
Wesley Atkinson, 2005/01/0003
Rob Simpson, 2005/05/0022
Damien Clarke, 2005/05/0023
Luigi Iafrate, 2005/03/0016
Michael Lynham, 2005/04/0019
Neil Forde, 2005/02/0015
David Kelly, 2005/03/0025
Anthony Buckley, 2005/01/0016
Michael Cunningham, 2005/04/0005
Craig McCleane, 2005/04/0007
George Albert Foster, 2005/03/0015
Michael MacGiolla Coda, 2005/03/0018
Conal Byrne, 2005/04/0012
Liam Houston, 2005/03/0004
Liam M. Nolan, 2005/01/0001
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The following 32 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on October 17th 2005 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Dominic Byrne, 2005/01/0012
Tony Tang, 2005/02/0001
Hugh Hogan, 2005/02/0003
Ian Alcock, 2005/02/0004
Paul Cullen, 2005/02/0009
Dominic O’Hea, 2005/01/0031
Joe Melia, 2005/01/0007
Jonathan Murphy, 2005/01/0009
Liam McGarry, 2005/02/0019)
Jim Walsh, 2005/03/0007
Tommy Kelly, 2005/02/0012
Thomas Kelly, 2005/02/0013
John Donohue, 2005/01/0024
Mitchel Symes, 2005/02/0018
Tom Grace, 2005/01/0035
William Auld, 2005/02/0017
Jim Daly, 2005/04/0003
David Daly, 2005/04/0004
Billy Sheridan, 2005/04/0009
Pat White, 2005/04/0017
Mark Quinlan, 2005/04/0021
Martin Reddy, 2005/02/0007
Dermot Reddy, 2005/02/0008
Brian Shaw, 2005/02/0006
Turlough Nolan, 2005/03/0002
Jack Nolan, 2005/03/0003
David Gardiner, 2005/03/0006
Denis Horgan, 2005/03/0017
Pat Keogh, 2005/03/0019
Peter Duggan 2005/03/0020
Joe Murphy, 2005/03/0026
Brendan Considine, 2005/03/0027

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The following 7 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on August 17th 2005 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Kevin O’Shea, 2005/01/0010)
John Smyth, 2005/01/0014)
Brian Nolan, 2005/01/0022
Liam Good, 2005/01/0025
Larry Ryan, 2005/01/0028
Pat Scully, 2005/01/0029)
Seamus Bennett, 2005/01/0030)

RESULTS OF HCAP RANGE TEST, 9 OCTOBER 2010

2010-10-11T10:04:00.001+01:00

The following 20 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the HCAP Range Test held on 9 October 2010 (name, followed by HCAP Assessment Number):

Auhl, Rudolf, 2010/0099
Barry, Liam, 2010/0152
Bellew, Pat, 2009/0157
Burke, Ulick, 2010/0205
Byrne, Michael, 2010/0212
Byrne, Philip, 2010/0215
Daly, Barry, 2010/0221
D’Easaille, Frank, 2010/0048
Deasy, Liam, 2010/0192
Dolan, Cathal, 2010/0102
Donovan, Paul, 2010/0206
Donovan, Timothy, 2010/0207
Dunne, Neilie, 2010/0115
Egan, David, 2008/0020
Griffin, Jason, 2008/0091
Hanlon, Darren, 2007/0085
Kavanagh, Mattie, 2010/0208
Kenny, Fergus, 2010/0144
Nuttall, Graham, 2010/0209
O’Reilly, Stephen, 2010/0216

HCAP RANGE TEST, 9 OCTOBER 2010 – ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES

2010-09-30T18:40:00.006+01:00

The following Candidates, having been successful in the most recent HCAP MCQ or having deferred from previous HCAP Range Tests or in some cases, being Repeat Candidates, are eligible to participate in the Range Test scheduled to take place on Saturday 9 October 2010:

THE ATTENTION OF ALL CANDIDATES IS DRAWN TO THE SEPARATE POSTING, "PROCEDURES AT HCAP RANGE TESTS". ALL REQUIREMENTS WILL BE STRICTLY APPLIED AND MUST BE MET. CANDIDATES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO TAKE UNLIMITED REPEATS AT ANY RANGE TEST.

Auhl, Rudolf, 2010/0099
Barry, Liam, 2010/0152
Bellew, Pat, 2009/0157
Birchall, Kevin, 2009/0086
Burke, Ulick, 2010/0205
Brunton, Mark, 2010/0114
Byrne, Michael, 2010/0212
Byrne, Philip, 2010/0215
Campbell, Aidan, 2010/0110
Cormican, Fergal, 2010/0141
Cornyn, Kieran, 2008/0137
Corrigan, Barry, 2010/0147
Costelloe, Edward, 2007/0105
Daly, Barry, 2010/0221
D’Easaille, Frank, 2010/0048
Deasy, Liam, 2010/0192
Dolan, Cathal, 2010/0102
Donovan, Paul, 2010/0206
Donovan, Timothy, 2010/0207
Donnelly, Des, 2010/0125
Doran, Anthony, 2010/0038
Doyle, Desmond, 2010/0022
Dunne, Neilie, 2010/0115
Egan, David, 2008/0020
Egan, William, 2007/0200
Flynn, James, 2009/0132
Furlong, Allen, 2009/0075
Geoghegan, Ciaran, 2010/0214
Greaves, James, 2009/0080
Griffin, Jason, 2008/0091
Hanlon, Darren, 2007/0085
Hartnett, Chris, 2010/0140
Horan, Kevin, 2010/0119
Hutchinson, Robert, 2009/0108
Kavanagh, Mattie, 2010/0208
Kenna, David, 2010/0124
Kenny, Fergus, 2010/0144
Kiely, Stephen, 2009/0177
Lalor, John, 2009/0078
Marron, Christopher, 2010/0109
McGrath, Neil, 2009/0026
Mansfield, Michael, 2010/0019
Nuttall, Graham, 2010/0209
O’Doherty, Gregory, 2009/0021
O’Donnell, Emmet, 2010/0020
O’Reilly, Stephen, 2010/0216
O'Toole, Colman, 2010/0149
O’Toole, Kevin, 2010/0107
Ryan, James E. P., 2009/0187
Scallon, Patrick, 2009/0060
Smith, Tony, 2010/0120

CANDIDATES ELIGIBLE FOR HCAP ASSESSMENT

2010-09-30T18:39:00.001+01:00

The following candidates, having deferred or missed recent HCAP MCQs including that held on 29 September 2010, remain eligible for the next scheduled MCQ, to be held not before February 2011.

Breslin, Daniel, 2010/0066
Breslin, Eamon, 2010/0065
Buckley, Tony, 2010/0213
Carberry, Luke, 2010/0075
Connaughton, Brian, 2010/0218
Doyle, Jimmy, 2010/0033
Friel, Cathal, 2010/0210
Hynes, Anthony, 2010/0129
Kelleher, Kelleher, 2010/0161
Kelly, Sean, 2010/0211
Leddin, Barry, 2010/0074
McCabe, Derek, 2010/0111
McDowell, Steven, 2010/0219
McElchar, Jonathan, 2010/0158
Nelson, John, 2010/0165
Nuttall, Graham, 2010/0209
O’Herlihy, Damien, 2010/0203
O’Sullivan, John, 2010/0072
Quigley, Tony, 2010/0217
Reilly, Simon M., 2010/0054

RESULTS OF HCAP MCQ, LARAGH, CO. WICKLOW, 29 SEPTEMBER 2010

2010-09-30T18:27:00.002+01:00

The following candidates were successful in the HCAP MCQ held at Lynham’s Hotel, Laragh, Co. Wicklow, on Wednesday 29 September 2010 and are eligible to participate in the Range Test on Saturday 9 October 2010 from 10 a.m. at Midland Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (HCAP number, followed by Pass mark achieved):

2010/0205, 90%
2010/0212, 82%
2010/0215, 90%
2010/0221, 84%
2010/0048, 84%
2010/0192, 90%
2010/0206, 80%
2010/0207, 90%
2010/0214, 88%
2010/0208, 80%
2010/0216, 96%

The following candidate (number, followed by mark achieved) was unsuccessful and is required to re-sit and pass the MCQ stage before proceeding to any Range Test. The application fee for repeat candidates is €50.00. MCQ dates and venues are posted periodically on this blog site. “Fail” grades may be appealed to the HCAP Assessment Committee, subject to written application accompanied by re-checking fee, €50.00. Where written application for re-checking is received, it is reviewed by the Committee at the next scheduled Committee meeting following receipt of application.

2010/0220, 50%

COMBINED LIST OF HCAP-CERTIFIED CANDIDATES, 2005-2010

2010-09-24T09:34:00.001+01:00

The following is a full list of all candidates deemed HCAP-Certified from 17 August , 2005 (first Range Test after commencement of programme) to 28 August, 2010 (most recent Range Test).

A total of 835 (eight hundred and thirty-five) candidates have now, as at 28 August, 2010, passed both stages of the HCAP Certification process (MCQ and Range Test) and are deemed HCAP-Certified.

The figure of 835 represents approximately 85% of the total number of candidates assessed to date.

(Listed in reverse order from August 2010 to August 2005)
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The following 99 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the HCAP Range Test held on 28 August 2010 (name, followed by HCAP Assessment Number):

Bacon, Peter, 2010/0138
Barry, John, 2010/0170
Bates, Fergal, 2010/0168
Bates, Donal, 2010/0197
Berkery, John, 2010/0130
Blackmore, Stephen, 2010/0202
Bowe, Michael, 2010/0098
Boxwell, Frank, 2009/0123
Boxwell, P. J., 2009/0124
Boyle, Colum, 2007/0123
Brady, Paul, 2010/0143
Butler, Al, 2007/0091
Butler, Edward, 2010/0157
Butler, Frank, 2010/0137
Byrne, Alan, 2010/0121
Carey, Michael, 2010/0190
Carrigan, Colin, 2008/0041
Carroll, David, 2010/0201
Clancy, Kevin, 2010/0185
Collier, Roy, 2009/0216
Colliton, Des, 2010/0112
Conroy, John, 2010/0101
Commons, Seamus, 2010/0080
Costigan, Philip, 2010/0196
Cubitt, Norman, 2010/0174
Curran, Noel, 2010/0135
Di Nardi, Gioacchino, 2010/0191
Donnery, Martin J., 2010/0194
Doran, Vincent, 2010/0128
Downes, Richard, 2010/0193
Doyle, Stephen, 2010/0187
Driver, John, 2010/0123
Druhan, Michael, 2009/0201
Duffy, David, 2010/0166
Duffy, Oliver, 2010/0136
Fenlon, Don, 2010/0050
Fitzgerald, Philip, 2010/0006
Flynn, Joseph C., 2010/0015
Fogarty, Paddy, 2010/0173
Galligan, James-Paul, 2009/0207
Green, Lee, 2008/0103
Hand, Stephen, 2010/0204
Hartford, Colin, 2010/0131
Heatherington, Eamon, 2010/0088
Heneghan, John, 2010/0142
Hickey, David A., 2010/0167
Hogan, John, 2010/0183
Kearns, John, 2010/0132
Kenny, David, 2010/0195
Keyes, Martin, 2010/0133
Kielthy, Jim, 2008/0108
Kingston, John, 2010/0118
Kirwan, Alan, 2010/0188
Kirwan, Stuart, 2009/0194
Lee, Shane, 010/0092
Lennon, Michael, 2010/0139
Lewis, Robert, 2010/0181
Lloyd, Jonathan, 2010/0189
Lundy, Liam, 2010/0148
Lynch, John, 2010/0153
Mackenzie, Frank, 2010/0108
Masterson, George, 2010/0113
McDonagh, Shane, 2010/0171
McEvoy, Gerard, 2010/0155
McEvoy, Martin, 2010/0182
McIlveen, Paul, 2009/0158
McLoughlin, Joseph, 2010/0146
Magee, John, 2007/0090
McCabe, Michael, 2010/0175
Meursing, Dwighet, 2008/0071
Morrissey, David, 2010/0068
Morrissey, Joe, 2010/0069
Murphy, Kieran, 2010/0162
Noonan, Adrian, 2010/0079
O’Connell, Stephen, 2010/0081
O’Donnell, Hugh, 2010/0150
O’Leary, Donal, 2010/0164
O’Reardon, Paul, 2009/0131
Phelan, Bill, 2010/0127
Pike, David, 2009/0181
Porter, Thomas, 2010/0145
Prescott, Malcolm, 2010/0154
Quigley, Damien, 2010/0100
Rowan, Cathal, 2010/0199
Rowan, Dermot, 2010/0200
Ryan, Andrew F., 2010/0126
Ryan, Michael, 2005/01/0015
Ryan, Thomas, 2010/0106
Savage, Peter, 2010/0184
Sheerin, Gerry, 2010/0186
Shore, Raymond, 2010/0156
Shore, Trevor, 2010/0159
Somers, Fergal, 2006/0054
Somers, Kevin, 2010/0117
Spillane, Steven, 2009/0145
Styles, Ross, 2009/0210
Swift, Alaster, 2010/0122
Tracey, George, 2010/0163
Tracey, Leon, 2010/0067
Walker, Sam, 2010/0177

The following 84 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on 24 April 2010 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Thomas Noble, 2010/0095
Martin McDaid, 2010/0096
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, 2010/0027
James Duggan, 2006/0077
Jack Roest, 2007/0116
Tom McGrath, 2010/0001
John O’Brien, 2010/0002
Lorcan Mulhern, 2010/0003
James J. Devine, 2010/0005
Victor Quirke, 2010/0007
Kieran Begadon, 2010/0008
Eugene Ryan, 2010/0009
John Greene, 2010/0010
Maurice M. Quirke, 2010/0011
Kieran Byrne, 2010/0012
John McSweeney, 2010/0013
Matt Murphy, 2010/0014
Edward Murphy, 2010/0016
Justin Collins, 2010/0017
Robert Collins, 2010/0018
Noel Power, 2010/0023
Geoffrey McKenna, 2010/0024
Alan Neary, 2010/0025
Philip McCarron, 2010/0026
Padraig Murphy, 2010/0029
Paul Doran, 2010/0030
John Sheehy, 2010/0031
Shane Flynn, 2010/0032
Nicolas Codoul, 2010/0034
Anthony Byrne, 2010/0035
Kornel Czene, 2010/0036
James Walsh, 2009/0160
Harry Hannon, 2010/0004
Jose Gallardo, 2010/0028
John Maher, 2010/0039
Patrick Furlong, 2010/0040
Declan Maher, 2010/0041
Gerard O’Reilly, 2010/0042
James O’Neill, 2010/0043
Ronan Maher, 2010/0044
John Reddy, 2010/0045
Colin Cahill, 2010/0046
Shane O’Neill, 2010/0047
Jonathan Walsh, 2010/0049
John Mulhall, 2010/0051
Shane Kavanagh, 2010/0052
Martin Curran, 2010/0053
Mark Bannon, 2010/0056
Denis O’Sullivan, 2009/0087
John McGowan, 2010/0021
Stephane Fouere, 2009/0006
Paul Rochford, 2010/0055
Mark Whelan, 2010/0057
Dan McKenna, 2010/0060
Clive Clarke, 2010/0061
Tom Sparing, 2010/0062
Gavan Barry, 2010/0063
George Kingston, 2010/0064
Ray Sampson, 2010/0070
Tom O’Donnell, 2010/0071
Paddy Hartnett, 2010/0073
Michael Coughlan, 2010/0076
Colm Magill, 2010/0077
Barry Magan, 2010/0082
James Barrett, 2010/0084
Richard McGrath, 2010/0087
Desmond Geraghty, 2010/0089
Mark Slevin, 2010/0090
Terry Moore, 2010/0093
David Dunne, 2010/0094
Barth O’Keeffe, 2010/0097
Tom Fahy, 2009/0164
Anthony Dempsey, 2009/0186
John Foy, 2009/0111
Liam Glynn, 2009/0027
Nigel Cody, 2009/0002
John Manley, 2007/0095
Anthony Doran, 2010/0038
James Flynn, 2009/0132
Patrick McManus, 2009/0138
Colm Kingston, 2008/0145
Dermot Waters, 2010/0086
Norman Mulvaney, 2010/0083
Conall Brennan, 2009/0033

HCAP CERTIFIED CANDIDATES, 26 SEPTEMBER 2009

The following 83 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on 26 September 2009 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Frances Lynch, 2009/0153
Patrick McBride, 2009/0090
Nigel McBride, 2009/0091
Joseph McBride, 2009/0092
Liam Nolan (Thurles), 2009/0073
Simon Steele, 2008/0155
Rory Hogan, 2009/0168
Patrick Dodrill , 2009/0133
Cornelis van Bladel, 2008/0159
Eoin Gillespie, 2009/0010
Seppi Hona, 2009/0118
Mark Turley, 2009/0146
John O’Donnell, 2008/0002
Des Crofton, 2007/0014
Brian McGleenon, 2009/0136
Jeff Banks, 2009/0121
Steven Spillane, 2009/0145
Stephen Buckley, 2009/0018
Stefan Ritzen, 2009/0011
Ciaran Nugent, 2009/0049
Conor Dennedy, 2009/0116
Pat Kelly, 2009/0117
Seamus J. McKeogh, 2009/0120
James Armitage, 2008/0074
Patrick Carey, 2008/0153
Jonathan Blackmore, 2008/0154
Maurice Cunningham, 2009/0147
William Fitzpatrick, 2009/0149
Michael McGrath, 2009/0150
Kevin Gahan, 2009/0159
Jeremy Nicholson, 2009/0165
Brian Murphy, 2009/0166
Aidan Murphy , 2009/0167
Gerard Long, 2006/0034
Jonathan Corban, 2009/0169
Bob Dineen , 2009/0180
Diarmuid Maher, 2009/0182
Che Convery, 2009/0170
Ger Hickey, 2009/0171
Denis Barry, 2009/0172
Stephen McKeever, 2009/0173
Reno Batog, 2009/0174
Michael O’Leary, 2009/0178
Sarah Corbett, 2009/0183
Thomas Fraughen, 2009/0184
John McDermott, 2009/0188
Jim Leigh, 2009/0189
James Pettit, 2008/0146
John Pettit, 2008/0147
James Fitzharris, 2009/0015
John Dunne, 2009/0151
John Guthrie, 2008/0152
James Walsh, 2008/0135
Paul O’Brien, 2009/0102
Michael P. Rowan, 2009/0152
Stephen Cassidy, 2009/0154
Nicholas Ward, 2009/0155
Seamus Timmons, 2009/0156
Robert Daly, 2009/0161
Ian Fleming, 2009/0162
Colin Power, 2009/0007
Martin Halloran, 2009/0175
Martin Daly, 2009/0176
Brendan Kennedy, 2009/0013
Sean Anthony Byrne, 2009/0009
Said Tribek, 2009/0212
Aidan Murphy, 2009/0185
John Willoughby, 2009/0190
John Foxton, 2009/0195
Clive Jackson, 2009/0196
Alan Crooke, 2009/0197
Paul Clinch, 2009/0198
William Kirwan, 2009/0105
Mick McWilliams, 2009/0204
Jim Doyle, 2009/0205
Francis Daly, 2009/0208
Patrick Pettit, 2009/0202
Pat Farren, 2009/0203
Jamie Nolan, 2009/0209
Joe McDonagh, 2009/0200
George Gordon Bass, 2009/0213
Robert Moulton, 2009/0215
David Byrne, 2009/0062

The following 105 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on June 27, 2009 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Gerry Houlihan, 2007/0205
Patrick Moriarty, 2008/0072
Trevor Davis, 2007/0063
John Flynn, 2007/0071
John Kelly, 2008/0139
Vahe Bogossian , 2008/0117
Brian Upton, 2009/0003
Bernard Stokes, 2009/0004
Eamonn Giblin, 2007/0180
Brendan Cleere, 2009/0079
Paul Bowler, 2009/0020
Peter Moylan, 2009/0025
Noel Morrin, 2009/0034
Gerard Cummins, 2009/0036
Declan Mortimer, 2008/0079
Michael Gibbons, 2009/0039
Gerard O’Connor, 2009/0046
John Murphy, 2009/0054
Robert Heneghan, 2009/0055
Fred Moore, 2009/0056
Breffni Archer, 2009/0057
Patrick G. O’Doherty, 2009/0059
Enda Moynihan, 2008/0151
Tadgh O’Keeffe, 2009/0016
Michael Fitzhenry, 2009/0023
John Joe Cullotty, 2009/0028
Michael Gottstein, 2009/0051
Robert Nugent, 2009/0029
John Geoghegan, 2009/0094
Donal Delaney, 2009/0032
David O’Doherty, 2009/0038
Kenneth O’Brien, 2009/0030
Mark Rylands, 2009/0041
Eddie O’Brien, 2008/0059
Derek Stamp, 2009/0043
Keith McCleane, 2009/0044
Martin Fleming, 2009/0050
Kevin O’Sullivan, 2009/0049
Pat Brennan, 2009/0061
Annraoi Milner, 2009/0063
William Ireland, 2009/0064
Kevin J. McCarthy, 2009/0065
Kevin O’Sullivan, 2009/0066
Raymond McCarthy, 2009/0067
Patrick Fleming, 2009/0069
Joseph Darcy, 2009/0070
Frank McCarthy, 2009/0071
Michael Heffernan, 2009/0072
Dermot Hayes, 2009/0100
John Joe Maher, 2009/0074
Nevin Hindle, 2009/0076
Michael Watkins, 2008/0077
Michael Corbett, 2009/0068
Paul Fletcher, 2009/0040
Thomas Brennan, 2009/0083
Andrew Kelly, 2009/0084
John Doran, 2009/0085
Aidan O’Sullivan, 2009/0089
Sean Rigley, 2009/0109
Willie Barry, 2008/0140
John Brennan, 2009/0097
Daniel O’Flaherty, 2008/0129
Robert Jordan, 2009/0008
Finbar Buttimer, 2009/0019
Paul McFadden, 2009/0052
Richard Young, 2009/0081
Denis O’Conor, 2009/0101
Oliver Naughton, 2009/0103
Donal Keegan, 2008/0158
Eddie Goggin, 2009/0095
Anthony Gilbert, 2009/0113
John O’Donoghue, 2009/0115
Rahul Rana, 2009/0112
John McGrory, 2008/0160
Tom Noonan, 2009/0093
Pearse O’Shannon, 2009/0047
Mark Deery, 2009/0048
Simon Gummer, 2009/0107
Jim Gannon, 2009/0110
Tony St. Leger, 2009/0082
Brendan M. Rohan, 2009/0122
Niall Brady, 2009/0127
Michael Boyle, 2009/0128
Jason Moore, 2009/0129
Donald Flanagan, 2009/0130
Lorcan Dodrill, 2009/0134
Sean Carlin, 2009/0137
David Shannon, 2009/0139
Kevin Barber, 2009/0141
Neil Gallagher, 2009/0142
John Hederman, 2009/0143
Michael Kane, 2009/0144
James Finlay, 2009/0104
Eoin McSweeney, 2009/0078
William Bolger, 2008/0027
Liam Jennings, 2009/0031
Billie O’Regan, 2008/0067
Mary O’Regan, 2008/0068
James Smith, 2009/0075
John Fortune, 2008/0134
Douglas Culligan, 2009/0037
John Leech, 2008/0007
Eamonn Wall, 2008/0086
Richard Slattery, 2008/0149
Fergus Kent, 2009/0104

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The following 23 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on October 18, 2008 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Diarmuid Murphy, 2007/0178
James Nolan, 2007/0061
Alan Hassett, 2008/0069
Kevin Vaughan, 2008/0156
Padraic Prunty, 2008/0157
David Bogossian, 2008/0116
Tom Quinn, 2008/0118
Eamonn Shannon, 2008/0119
Gerard Halligan 2008/0120
Eamon Mongan, 2008/0123
Brian Mongan, 2008/0124
Seamus Duffy, 2008/0126
Maurice Barry, 2008/0127
Brian O’Flaherty, 2008/0131
Anton Moran, 2008/0132
Frank Moran, 2008/0133
Leo Seery, 2008/0141
Ger O’Donovan, 2008/0142
Ian Stubbs, 2008/0144
Patrick Brennan, 2008/0046
Michael Browne, 2008/0073
George Gaffney, 2007/0099
Thomas O’Loughlin, 2008/0005

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The following 4 Candidates are deemed HCAP-Certified following a Range Test held on September 9, 2008 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

David Gunning, 2008/0110
Tim Crowley, 2008/0112
John Dwyer, 2008/0113
Anne Fitzpatrick, 2008/0114
Irene O'Brien, 2008/0115
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The following 49 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on July 19, 2008 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Alan Young, 2008/0089
Sean Cummins, 2008/0039
Niall Whitely, 2008/0008
Peter Crinion, 2007/0060
John Lambert, 2007/0088
Emmet Nolan, 2006/0060
Matthew Nolan,2006/0126
David Dowd, 2008/0001
Andrew Ryan, 2007/0096
Cillian Doyle, 2007/0100
Darren Flynn, 2007/0070
Paul Hayes, 2007/0100
Michael Reynolds, 2008/0013
Alan Fogarty, 2008/0014
Derick Matthews, 2008/0015
Robbie Forde,2007/0069
Michael Nolan, 2007/0089
James C. Hogan, 2008/0016
John Crawley, 2007/0201
Dan McCarthy (Snr), 2008/0011
Daniel McCarthy (Jnr, 2008/0012
Ger O’Brien, 2008/0043
James K. Fennelly, 2008/0063
Thomas Fox, 2008/0080
Fiona Kane, 2008/0081
Arthur Baker, 2008/0083
Donal Neville, 2008/0085
Martin James Hughes, 2005/02/0011
Wayne Byrne, 2008/0087
Walter Byrne, 2008/0088
Pat Hagan, 2008/0096
Jeremy Ryan, 2008/0090
Ian McCulloch, 2008/0092
George O‘Malley, 2008/0094
Thomas Brady, 2008/0095
James Callaghan, 2008/0051
Gerard McDonnell, 2007/0136
Jerry Fogarty, 2006/0016
John Nolan, 2006/0125
Shane Egan, 2008/0098
Alan Egan, 2008/0099
John Hamilton, 2008/0100
Richard Tyrrell, 2008/0101
Colm Flynn, 2008/0102
Liam O’Shaughnessy, 2007/0107
Pat Delaney, 2008/0104
Michael Ferguson, 2008/0106
Andrew Ironside, 2008/0109
Michael Tyrrell, 2008/0082
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The following 3 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on the dates indicated (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Michael Fenlon, (July 30, 2008)
Jerry Scully, 2007/0184 (July 11, 2008)
Nikolai Burkart, 2005/04/0001 (May 23, 2008).
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The following 61 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on April 26, 2008 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Joe Turley Jnr., 2007/0204
Paul Kelly, 2007/0191
Louise Lally, 2007/0122
Leo Croke, 2007/0174
John Bolger, 2007/0175
Santino Rea, 2007/0019
Anthony Thomas, 2007/0186
James Davis-Goff, 2007/0177
Richard Power, 2007/0199
Thomas Melia, 2007/0197
Pat Hennessy, 2007/0187
John Lloyd, 2007/0198
Sam Boxwell, 2008/0003
Patrick O‘Keeffe, 2008/0009
Joseph Kane, 2008/0019
Christopher Murray, 2007/0184
Liam McDevitt, 2007/0196
Joachim Schaefer, 2008/0006
Brendan Duffy, 2008/0017
Gerry McNulty, 2008/0018
Bartley Connolly, 2007/0112
Patrick Condon, 2008/0021
Leonard Stewart, 2008/0026
Fergal Madden, 2008/0028
Enda Coffey, 2008/0030
Veronika Höna, 2008/0033
Gerd Höna, 2008/0034
Tommy Doyle, 2008/0035
Martin Lawless, 2007/0130
Michael Lawless, 2008/0037
Patrick Power, 2007/0185
Paul Walsh, 2007/0181
Pat Kiely, 2007/0190
Michael Sadlier, 2007/0188
Brian Blackmore, 2007/0176
Alan Sherwood, 2008/0004
Ronald Mupfupi, 2008/0023
David Scott, 2008/0024
Charles Spence, 2008/0025
Billy Meehan, 2008/0031
Gerard O’Sullivan, 2008/0032
Benny O’Dea, 2008/0038
Gerard Brady, 2008/0040
Philip Ryan, 2008/0045
Avalon O’Keeffe, 2008/0047
Dan Quinlan, 2008/0049
Mike Power, 2008/0050
Daniel Bourke, 2008/0052
Sean Harding, 2008/0053
Paul Walsh, 2008/0056
John Walsh, 2008/0057
Barth O’Keeffe, 2008/0061
James O’Keeffe, 2008/0062
Brian O’Connor, 2008/0064
Neil Carey, 2008/0065
Paul Burke, 2008/0066
John Murphy, 2008/0070
Allen Furlong, 2008/0075
John Lalor, 2008/0078
James Greaves, 2008/0080
Patrick Temple, 2007/0189
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The following 22 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on October 27, 2007 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Frank Parsons, 2007/0121
Jonathan Baguley, 2007/0013
Oliver Kierse, 2007/0041 cert sent
David Brady, 2007/0064
Gerald Brady, 2007/0062
Gareth Byrne, 2007/0173
Tom Bates, 2007/0147
Ben Smeele, 2007/0192
Jason Doyle, 2007/0057
Leo Willeboordese, 2007/0179
Eugene McCosker, 2007/0193
Alan Lutton, 2007/0202
Paul Foley, 2007/0194
Colin White, 2007/0159
Francis Cullen, 2007/0170
John Hennessy, 2005/03/0001
Dave Tracey, 2007/0001
Philip Hickey, 2006/0122
Colm Duggan, 2007/0008
Michael Nestor, 2007/0140
John Bates, 2007/0051
Joe Turley Snr., 2007/0203
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The following 68 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on August 25, 2007 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Ion Hamilton, 2007/0044
Peter Townsend, 2007/0017
Jack Schots, 2007/0034
Pat O‘Keeffe, 2007/0033
James Somers, 2007/0053
Richard Adams, 2007/0009
Des O’Neill, 2007/0007
Willie Roche, 2007/0006
Marcin Zielinski, 2007/0078
Liam McGarry Jnr., 2007/0012
Brendan Earls, 2006/0055
Keelan MacMoorland, 2007/0016
Jason Conway, 2007/0036
T. Samuel Birch, 2007/0115
Paul Spillane, 2007/0171
Andy Bourne, 2007/0131
Robin Heathcote, 2007/0134
Alan Morrissey, 2007/0084
Martin Bolger, 2007/0138
Thomas McDonald, 2007/0139
Stephen O‘Reilly, 2007/0141
Sean O’Reilly, 2007/0142
Derek Kenny, 2007/0144
Brian Moore, 2007/0106
Eunan McCrossan, 2007/0108
Joe McBrearty, 2007/0109
John McCrossan, 2007/0111
Gerald Duffy, 2007/0113
Seamus Heraty, 2007/0117
Donal McMenamin, 2007/0118
Patrick Doherty, 2007/0119
Stephen Moore, 2007/0120
Noel Spillane, 2007/0172
David Kyles, 2007/0124
James Murrin, 2007/0125
Eugene McLaughlin, 2007/0126
Alan Coyle, 2007/0127
Shaun Feeney, 2007/0128
Hugh Haughey, 2007/0129
Michael Byrne, 2007/0054
James Hanrahan, 2007/0056
Liam Jenkinson, 2007/0145
Tom Byrne, 2007/0058
John Martin, 2007/0146
Tom Clinton, 2007/0073
Nick Murphy, 2007/0148
Ben Horan, 2007/0149
John Harrington, 2007/0150
Declan Doyle, 2007/0152
Wayne Gregory, 2007/0153
Kevin O’Reilly, 2007/0154
Edward Jenkinson, 2007/0155
James Jenkinson, 2007/0156
Keith Doyle, 2007/0157
Mark Doyle, 2007/0158
Darren Duffy, 2007/0160
Anthony Walsh, 2007/0162
John Phelan, 2007/0164
Nicky Kelly, 2007/0165
Stephen Moxley, 2007/0167
Desmond Lambert, 2007/0168
Patrick Ward, 2007/0169
Noel Breen, 2007/0059
Pat Kavanagh, 2007/0080
Jamie Heffernan, 2007/0052
Patrick Byrne, 2005/01/0011
Kevin Brooks, 2007/0015
____________________________________________

The following 43 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on June 30, 2007 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Paul Martin, 2006/0109
Stephen Ward, 2006/0110
Noel McCarthy, 2006/0118
Peter Kiely, 2007/0032
John Doyle, 2007/0002
Sean Doyle, 2007/0003
Diarmuid Doyle, 2007/0004
Piero Rasini, 2007/0050
Ken Doherty, 2007/0103
Thomas Murphy, 2007/0010
Genaro Di Nardi, 2007/0011
Simon Martin, 2007/0018
Rocco Di Nardi, 2007/0021
Francis Mueller, 2007/0023
Patrick Molloy, 2007/0024
Matt Condon, 2007/0025
Noel O’Leary, 2007/0027
Tim Foley, 2007/0028
Peter Jackson, 2007/0029
Paul Kiely 2007/0030
William O‘Meara, 2007/0031
Barry Raymond, 2007/0035
John Liddy, 2007/0039
Liam Browne, 2007/0040
Kurt Ecker, 2007/0042
John O’Mahony, 2007/0043
Bill Dawes, 2007/0045
Edmund Graef, 2007/0046
Alan Clarke, 2007/0047
Martin O’Rourke, 2005/01/0008
Andrew McKeever, 2007/0048
Charles Nielsen, 2007/0072
John Duggan, 2007/0074
Patrick Creane, 2007/0075
Sean Creane, 2007/0076
Brian Binions, 2007/0077
Paul Mernagh, 2007/0079
John Wickham, 2007/0092
Kevin Gallagher, 2007/0098
Michael Larkin, 2007/0102
Patrick Kinsella. 2006/0117
Seamus Whelan, 2006/0116
Owen Kelly, 2007/0104

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The following 20 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on August 14, 2006 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Tom Lyons, 2006/0111
Arie J. van der Wel Snr., 2006/0115
John A. Curtis, 2006/0120
Richard Flynn, 2006/0064
Philip Coffey, 2006/0069
Tommy O’Brien, 2006/0121
Eoin Doherty, 2006/0123
Frank Rowan, 2006/0105
Frank Doyle, 2006/0106
John Crothers, 2006/0107
Owen McNaughton, 2006/0041
Rodgie Whelan, 2006/0085
Des Flynn, 2006/0071
Paul Hogan, 2006/0061
Denis Sheehan, 2006/0025
Dermot Long, 2006/0033
Tony Doody, 2005/01/0019
Stephen Creech, 2005/01/0006
John Kenna, 2005/05/0012
Dave Canty, 2006/0022

______________________________________________

The following 60 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on July 3, 2006 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Michael McGuirk, 2006/0039
Gerard Linehan, 2006/0007
Graham Keane, 2005/05/0011
Derek O’Brien, 2005/03/0010
Pierce O’Brien, 2005/03/0023
Noel McCoy, 2005/03/0009
Finbarr O’Donovan, 2006/0084
Aengus O’Donovan, 2006/0089
John McCarthy, 2006/0103
Brendan Sweeney, 2006/0097
Michael Whelan, 2006/0036
David Rooney, 2006/0037
Joseph Daly, 2006/0038
Giles Gildea, 2006/0040
Ivan Stronge, 2006/0021
Derek Ward, 2006/0042
William Allen, 2006/0043
Maurice Allen, 2006/0044
Laurence (Larry) Taaffe, 2006/0045
Daniel O’Loughlin, 2006/0047
Tom Delaney, 2006/0048
Mel Doyle, 2006/0051
William Tighe, 2006/0052
Billy Nolan, 2006/0053
Paul McAuley, 2006/0062
Joseph Doyle, 2006/0018
Jim O’Brien, 2006/0057
Eamonn Lyons, 2006/0058
Aidan O’Brien, 2006/0059
Terry O’Hanlon, 2006/0063
Vincent Whelan, 2006/0065
Vincent Coffey, 2006/0066
Richard Walsh, 2006/0067
Michael Sammon, 2006/0068
Noel Walsh, 2006/0070
Tom Hennessy, 2006/0073
Killian John Hennessy, 2006/0074
Damien Frisby, 2006/0075
Lee Coffey, 2006/0076
Edward Grant, 2006/0079
Frank Hayden, 2006/0080
Al Swaby, 2005/01/0020
Neil Kelly, 2006/0081
Richard Passberger, 2006/0056
Nicholas Flynn, 2006/0082
Larry Farrell, 2006/0083
Edward Carroll, 2006/0086
John Doyle, 2006/0087
James Tate, 2006/0088
Keith Fennelly, 2006/0090
Michael Bradshaw, 2006/0091
Joe O’Callaghan, 2006/0093
Vince O’Donovan, 2006/0094
Stephen White, 2006/0095
John Ferns, 2006/0096
Jannes Helmholt, 2006/0099
Pat O’Donovan, 2006/0102
Colin Leach, 2006/0108
Don Doran, 2005/02/0010
Andre Passberger, 2006/0100

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The following 45 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on May 4th 2006 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Roddy Moore, 2006/0001
Ahmed R. Salman, 2005/02/0005
Owen Dunne, 2006/0002
Dan Power, 2006/0003
Michael Cleere, 2006/0005
Frank Bass, 2006/0006
John Harris, 2006/0009
Pat Kavanagh, Jnr., 2006/0010
Aidan Canavan, 2006/0011
Brendan Holden, 2006/0013
Brian Murphy, 2006/0014
Seamus Hennessy, 2006/0017
Albie Valentyn, 2005/03/0028
Frank Brady, 2005/04/0006
Alan Doyle, 2005/04/0014
Gerry Lenihan, 2005/01/0027
Damien Hannigan, 2006/0019
Ken Graham, 2005/01/0017
Michael Moloney, 2006/0023
Paul Hogan, 2006/0024
Bill Daly, 2006/0026
Liam Daly, 2006/0027
Peter Maher, 2005/02/0020
Tony Dunne, 2006/0029
John Connelly, 2005/05/0024
Paddy Cahill, 2006/0031
John Clooney, 2006/0032
Alan Duke, 2006/0015
Nicholas Owens, 2006/0008
Walter Barry, 2006/0004
John O’Grady, 2006/0012
Matt Wilson, 2006/0035
Stephen Dunn, 2005/05/0009
Camilla Sjostrand, 2005/05/0018
John J. Jackson, 2005/05/0018
Wayne O’Hea, 2005/01/0032
John Creedon, 2005/01/0033
Paul Wood, 2005/04/0002
Edward Minihan, 2005/04/0015
Ivan O’Neill, 2006/0030
Peter Hunt, 2005/04/0010
Ross Hunt, 2005/04/0011
Sean Coady, 2006/0020
Seamus Doheny, 2006/0028
John Morehead, 2005/01/0013
_______________________________________________

The following 27 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on February 8th 2006 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Frank Byrne, 2005/03/0013
Declan Keogh, 2005/03/0014
Philip Blake, 2005/03/0005
Michael Kane, 2005/05/0001
Anthony Ward, 2005/05/0005
John Fenton, 2005/05/0007
Murtagh Murphy, 2005/05/0008
Sean O’Carolan, 2005/02/0002
Vincent Maguire, 2005/05/0013
Murtagh Logan, 2005/05/0017
Franz Waldburg, 2005/04/0018
Tom Stewart, 2005/05/0021
Barry Coad, 2005/01/0002
Wesley Atkinson, 2005/01/0003
Rob Simpson, 2005/05/0022
Damien Clarke, 2005/05/0023
Luigi Iafrate, 2005/03/0016
Michael Lynham, 2005/04/0019
Neil Forde, 2005/02/0015
David Kelly, 2005/03/0025
Anthony Buckley, 2005/01/0016
Michael Cunningham, 2005/04/0005
Craig McCleane, 2005/04/0007
George Albert Foster, 2005/03/0015
Michael MacGiolla Coda, 2005/03/0018
Conal Byrne, 2005/04/0012
Liam Houston, 2005/03/0004
Liam M. Nolan, 2005/01/0001
_______________________________________________

The following 32 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on October 17th 2005 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Dominic Byrne, 2005/01/0012
Tony Tang, 2005/02/0001
Hugh Hogan, 2005/02/0003
Ian Alcock, 2005/02/0004
Paul Cullen, 2005/02/0009
Dominic O’Hea, 2005/01/0031
Joe Melia, 2005/01/0007
Jonathan Murphy, 2005/01/0009
Liam McGarry, 2005/02/0019)
Jim Walsh, 2005/03/0007
Tommy Kelly, 2005/02/0012
Thomas Kelly, 2005/02/0013
John Donohue, 2005/01/0024
Mitchel Symes, 2005/02/0018
Tom Grace, 2005/01/0035
William Auld, 2005/02/0017
Jim Daly, 2005/04/0003
David Daly, 2005/04/0004
Billy Sheridan, 2005/04/0009
Pat White, 2005/04/0017
Mark Quinlan, 2005/04/0021
Martin Reddy, 2005/02/0007
Dermot Reddy, 2005/02/0008
Brian Shaw, 2005/02/0006
Turlough Nolan, 2005/03/0002
Jack Nolan, 2005/03/0003
David Gardiner, 2005/03/0006
Denis Horgan, 2005/03/0017
Pat Keogh, 2005/03/0019
Peter Duggan 2005/03/0020
Joe Murphy, 2005/03/0026
Brendan Considine, 2005/03/0027

___________________________________________________

The following 7 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on August 17th 2005 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Kevin O’Shea, 2005/01/0010)
John Smyth, 2005/01/0014)
Brian Nolan, 2005/01/0022
Liam Good, 2005/01/0025
Larry Ryan, 2005/01/0028
Pat Scully, 2005/01/0029)
Seamus Bennett, 2005/01/0030)

HCAP MCQ AND RANGE TEST

2010-09-09T18:54:00.005+01:00

A final Deer Alliance HCAP MCQ for 2010 will be held at 8 p.m. on the evening of Wednesday 29 September 2010 at Lynham's Hotel, Laragh, Co. Wicklow.

This will be followed (for successful candidates) by a Range Test, to be held on Saturday 9 October 2010 at Midland Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (commencing at 10 a.m.).

The full calendar of HCAP sctivities for 2010 having concluded on 28 August 2010, these additional events are being held primarily to facilitate applications already on hand from candidates previously unable to participate and now needing HCAP Certification in order to obtain Coillte Stalking Permits, in line with the policy adopted by Coillte Teoranta in 2001 and in place since 2005.

Applications for both dates will be accepted from previously failed candidates provided appications to repeat are received immediately.

In any event, the closing date for applications for both events will be first post on Friday 17 September 2010 and under no circumstances will applications received after that date be accepted.

A final list of candidates eligible for the MCQ will be posted here on or about Friday 24 September 2010, and a list of candidates eligible for the Range Test will be posted here on or about Monday 4 October 2010.

RESULTS OF HCAP RANGE TEST, 28 AUGUST 2010

2010-08-30T20:24:00.003+01:00

The following 99 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the HCAP Range Test held on 28 August 2010 (name, followed by HCAP Assessment Number):

Bacon, Peter, 2010/0138
Barry, John, 2010/0170
Bates, Fergal, 2010/0168
Bates, Donal, 2010/0197
Berkery, John, 2010/0130
Blackmore, Stephen, 2010/0202
Bowe, Michael, 2010/0098
Boxwell, Frank, 2009/0123
Boxwell, P. J., 2009/0124
Boyle, Colum, 2007/0123
Brady, Paul, 2010/0143
Butler, Al, 2007/0091
Butler, Edward, 2010/0157
Butler, Frank, 2010/0137
Byrne, Alan, 2010/0121
Carey, Michael, 2010/0190
Carrigan, Colin, 2008/0041
Carroll, David, 2010/0201
Clancy, Kevin, 2010/0185
Collier, Roy, 2009/0216
Colliton, Des, 2010/0112
Conroy, John, 2010/0101
Commons, Seamus, 2010/0080
Costigan, Philip, 2010/0196
Cubitt, Norman, 2010/0174
Curran, Noel, 2010/0135
Di Nardi, Gioacchino, 2010/0191
Donnery, Martin J., 2010/0194
Doran, Vincent, 2010/0128
Downes, Richard, 2010/0193
Doyle, Stephen, 2010/0187
Driver, John, 2010/0123
Druhan, Michael, 2009/0201
Duffy, David, 2010/0166
Duffy, Oliver, 2010/0136
Fenlon, Don, 2010/0050
Fitzgerald, Philip, 2010/0006
Flynn, Joseph C., 2010/0015
Fogarty, Paddy, 2010/0173
Galligan, James-Paul, 2009/0207
Green, Lee, 2008/0103
Hand, Stephen, 2010/0204
Hartford, Colin, 2010/0131
Heatherington, Eamon, 2010/0088
Heneghan, John, 2010/0142
Hickey, David A., 2010/0167
Hogan, John, 2010/0183
Kearns, John, 2010/0132
Kenny, David, 2010/0195
Keyes, Martin, 2010/0133
Kielthy, Jim, 2008/0108
Kingston, John, 2010/0118
Kirwan, Alan, 2010/0188
Kirwan, Stuart, 2009/0194
Lee, Shane, 010/0092
Lennon, Michael, 2010/0139
Lewis, Robert, 2010/0181
Lloyd, Jonathan, 2010/0189
Lundy, Liam, 2010/0148
Lynch, John, 2010/0153
Mackenzie, Frank, 2010/0108
Masterson, George, 2010/0113
McDonagh, Shane, 2010/0171
McEvoy, Gerard, 2010/0155
McEvoy, Martin, 2010/0182
McIlveen, Paul, 2009/0158
McLoughlin, Joseph, 2010/0146
Magee, John, 2007/0090
McCabe, Michael, 2010/0175
Meursing, Dwighet, 2008/0071
Morrissey, David, 2010/0068
Morrissey, Joe, 2010/0069
Murphy, Kieran, 2010/0162
Noonan, Adrian, 2010/0079
O’Connell, Stephen, 2010/0081
O’Donnell, Hugh, 2010/0150
O’Leary, Donal, 2010/0164
O’Reardon, Paul, 2009/0131
Phelan, Bill, 2010/0127
Pike, David, 2009/0181
Porter, Thomas, 2010/0145
Prescott, Malcolm, 2010/0154
Quigley, Damien, 2010/0100
Rowan, Cathal, 2010/0199
Rowan, Dermot, 2010/0200
Ryan, Andrew F., 2010/0126
Ryan, Michael, 2005/01/0015
Ryan, Thomas, 2010/0106
Savage, Peter, 2010/0184
Sheerin, Gerry, 2010/0186
Shore, Raymond, 2010/0156
Shore, Trevor, 2010/0159
Somers, Fergal, 2006/0054
Somers, Kevin, 2010/0117
Spillane, Steven, 2009/0145
Styles, Ross, 2009/0210
Swift, Alaster, 2010/0122
Tracey, George, 2010/0163
Tracey, Leon, 2010/0067
Walker, Sam, 2010/0177

HCAP RANGE TEST, SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2010 - LIST OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES

2010-08-19T14:56:00.007+01:00

The following is a list of Candidates eligible for the HCAP Range Test to be held at Midland National Shooting Range (MRC), Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly on Saturday 28 August 2010.

Note that Firing Details are scheduled in 45-minute segments commencing at 10 a.m. sharp. Each Detail comprises 16 shooters. Candidates are listed alphabetically and will shoot in alphabetical order.

Candidates who may be unable to participate in this Range Test must advise Liam Nolan, by text to tel. 086 1927 845, or by email to hcap@ireland.com, immediately.

Lunch Break 1-2 p.m. will be at the discretion of Chief Range Official Pat Scully.

Assistants to Chief Range Official: Liam McGarry Snr., John Flynn, John Manley, John Connelly.

All Candidates are required to sign in at Main Clubhouse before proceeding to the Windmill Range. SEE SEPARATE POSTING ON PROCEDURES AT HCAP RANGE TESTS (BELOW). All successful Candidates should report to Liam Nolan to receive their HCAP Certificate before leaving the ground. All Candidates will be issued with a Pass/Fail notification after shooting, which they must present to Liam Nolan before leaving the ground in order to receive their HCAP Certificate.

Candidates who fail the Range Test may, if time permits and at the discretion of the Chief Range Official, have one further attempt, subject to payment of additional Repeat Fee €25.00.

Auhl, Rudolf, 2010/0099
Bacon, Peter, 2010/0138
Barry, John, 2010/0170
Barry, Liam, 2010/0152
Bates, Fergal, 2010/0168
Bates, Donal, 2010/0197
Bellew, Pat, 2009/0157
Berkery, John, 2010/0130
Birchall, Kevin, 2009/0086
Blackmore, Stephen, 2010/0202
Borza, Domenico, 2010/0198
Boyle, Colum, 2007/0123
Bowe, Michael, 2010/0098
Boxwell, Frank, 2009/0123
Boxwell, P. J., 2009/0124
Brady, Paul, 2010/0143
Brunton, Mark, 2010/0114
Butler, Al, 2007/0091
Butler, Edward, 2010/0157
Butler, Frank, 2010/0137
Byrne, Alan, 2010/0121
Campbell, Aidan, 2010/0110
Carey, Michael, 2010/0190
Carrigan, Colin, 2008/0041*
Carroll, David, 2010/0201
Clancy, Kevin, 2010/0185
Clarke, Kevin, 2007/0101
Collier, Roy, 2009/0216
Colliton, Des, 2010/0112
Conroy, John, 2010/0101
Commons, Seamus, 2010/0080
Cormican, Fergal, 2010/0141
Cornyn, Kieran, 2008/0137
Corrigan, Barry, 2010/0147
Costelloe, Edward, 2007/0105
Costigan, Philip, 2010/0196
Cubitt, Norman, 2010/0174
Curran, Noel, 2010/0135
Curtis, John, 2010/0103
Di Nardi, Gioacchino, 2010/0191
Dolan, Cathal, 2010/0102
Donnelly, Des, 2010/0125
Donnery, Martin J., 2010/0194
Doran, Anthony, 2010/0038
Doran, Vincent, 2010/0128
Downes, Richard, 2010/0193
Doyle, Desmond, 2010/0022
Doyle, Stephen, 2010/0187
Driver, John, 2010/0123
Druhan, Michael, 2009/0201
Duffy, David, 2010/0166
Duffy, Oliver, 2010/0136
Dunne, Neilie, 2010/0115
Egan, David, 2008/0020
Egan, William, 2007/0200
Fenlon, Don, 2010/0050
Fitzgerald, Philip, 2010/0006
Flynn, James, 2009/0132
Flynn, Joseph C., 2010/0015
Fogarty, Paddy, 2010/0173
Fortune, Patrick, 2010/0104
Furlong, Allen, 2009/0075
Gardiner, Kevin, 2009/0168
Galligan, Josette, 2009/0206
Galligan, J. P., 2009/0207
Greaves, James, 2009/0080
Green, Lee, 2008/0103
Hand, Stephen, 2010/0204
Hanlon, Darren, 2007/0085
Hartford, Colin, 2010/0131
Hartnett, Chris, 2010/0140
Heatherington, Eamon, 2010/0088
Heneghan, John, 2010/0142
Hickey, David A., 2010/0167
Hogan, John, 2010/0183
Horan, Kevin, 2010/0119
Hutchinson, Robert, 2009/0108
Kearns, John, 2010/0132
Kenna, David, 2010/0124
Kenny, David, 2010/0195
Kenny, Fergus, 2010/0144
Keyes, Martin, 2010/0133
Kiely, Stephen, 2009/0177
Kielthy, Jim, 2008/0108
Kingston, John, 2010/0118
Kirwan, Alan, 2010/0188
Kirwan, Stuart, 2009/0194
Lalor, John, 2009/0078
Lee, Shane, 010/0092
Lennon, Michael, 2010/0139
Lewis, Robert, 2010/0181
Lloyd, Jonathan, 2010/0189
Lundy, Liam, 2010/0148
Lynch, John, 2010/0153
Mackenzie, Frank, 2010/0108
Marron, Christopher, 2010/0109
Masterson, George, 2010/0113
McCartney, Paddy, 2008/0084
McDonagh, Shane, 2010/0171
McGrath, Neil, 2009/0026
McEvoy, Gerard, 2010/0155
McEvoy, Martin, 2010/0182
McIlveen, Paul, 2009/0158
McLoughlin, Joseph, 2010/0146
Magee, John, 2007/0090
Mansfield, Michael, 2010/0019
McCabe, Michael, 2010/0175
Meursing, Dwight, 2008/0071
Morrissey, David, 2010/0068
Morrissey, Joe, 2010/0069
Murphy, Kieran, 2010/0162
Noonan, Adrian, 2010/0079
O’Connell, Stephen, 2010/0081
O’Doherty, Gregory, 2009/0021
O’Donnell, Emmet, 2010/0020
O’Donnell, Hugh, 2010/0150
O’Leary, Donal, 2010/0164
O’Toole, Colman, 2010/0149
O’Toole, Kevin, 2010/0107
Phelan, Bill, 2010/0127
Pike, David, 2009/0181
Porter, Thomas, 2010/0145
Prescott, Malcolm, 2010/0154
Quigley, Damien, 2010/0100
Rowan, Cathal, 2010/0199
Rowan, Dermot, 2010/0200
Ryan, Andrew F., 2010/0126
Ryan, James E. P., 2009/0187
Ryan, Michael, 2005/01/0015
Ryan, Thomas, 2010/0106
Savage, Peter, 2010/0184
Scallon, Patrick, 2009/0060
Sheerin, Gerry, 2010/0186
Shore, Raymond, 2010/0156
Shore, Trevor, 2010/0159
Smyth, Tony, 2010/0120
Somers, Fergal, 2006/0054
Somers, Kevin, 2010/0117
Spillane, Steven, 2009/0145
Styles, Ross, 2009/0210*
Swift, Alaster, 2010/0122
Tierney, James, 2008/0042*
Tracey, George, 2010/0163
Tracey, Leon, 2010/0067
Walker, Sam, 2010/0177

RESULTS OF HCAP MCQ, PORTLAOISE, SATURDAY 7 AUGUST 2010

2010-08-19T12:06:00.002+01:00

The following candidates were successful in the HCAP MCQ held at the Maldron Hotel, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, on Saturday 7 August 2010 and are eligible to participate in the Range Test on Saturday 28 August 2010 from 10 a.m. at Midland Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (HCAP number, followed by Pass mark achieved):

SEE SEPARATE POSTING (BELOW), REGARDING PROCEDURES AT HCAP RANGE TESTS

2010/0099, 88%
2010/0170, 84%
2010/0197, 96%
2010/0168, 96%
2010/0130, 94%
2010/0202, 92%
2010/0198, 82%
2010/0157, 96%
2010/0121, 85%
2010/0190, 86%
2010/0201, 92%
2010/0185, 96%
2010/0112, 88%
2010/0196, 96%
2010/0174, 98%
2010/0191, 82%
2010/0102, 86%
2010/0125, 90%
2010/0194, 94%
2010/0038, 86%
2010/0128, 86%
2010/0193, 94%
2010/0187, 96%
2010/0166, 92%
2010/0115, 88%
2008/0020, 90%
2010/0173, 96%
2010/0195, 90%
2010/0131, 92%
2010/0167, 84%
2010/0183, 94%
2010/0132, 80%
2010/0195, 90%
2010/0144, 86%
2010/0133, 82%
2010/0188, 80%
2010/0181, 92%
2010/0189, 94%
2010/0153, 96%
2010/0175, 98%
2010/0171, 100%
2009/0026, 80%
2008/0071, 92%
2010/0155, 90%
2010/0182, 98%
2010/0068, 80%
2010/0069, 88%
2010/0162, 98%
2010/0164, 90%
2009/0181, 80%
2010/0154, 94%
2010/0199, 86%
2010/0200, 92%
2010/0184, 98%
2010/0186, 98%
2010/0156, 96%
2010/0159, 98%
2010/0163, 92%
2010/0067, 84%
2010/0177, 94%
2010/0204, 90%

The following candidate (number, followed by mark achieved) was unsuccessful and is required to re-sit and pass the MCQ stage before proceeding to any Range Test. The application fee for repeat candidates is €50.00. MCQ dates and venues are posted periodically on this blog site. “Fail” grades may be appealed to the HCAP Assessment Committee, subject to written application accompanied by re-checking fee, €50.00. Where written application for re-checking is received, it is reviewed by the Committee at the next scheduled Committee meeting following receipt of application.

2010/0160, 52%

RESULTS OF HCAP MCQ, CLAREMORRIS, CO. MAYO, 20 JUNE 2010

2010-07-15T10:54:00.000+01:00

The following candidates were successful in the HCAP MCQ held at Dalton Inn Hotel, Claremorris, Co. Mayo, on Saturday 30 June 2010 and are eligible to participate in the Range Test on Saturday 28 August 2010 from 10 a.m. at Midland Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (HCAP number, followed by Pass mark achieved):

2010/0138, 98%
2010/0152, 88%
2009/0157, 90%
2010/0143, 82%
2010/0114, 100%
2010/0141, 94%
2010/0147, 86%
2010/0135, 82%
2010/0136, 80%
2010/0140, 90%
2010/0142, 88%
2010/0139, 92%
2010/0148, 90%
2010/0146, 80%
2010/0150, 86%
2010/0149, 88%
2010/0145, 88%
2010/0106, 80%
2010/0137, 82%

Further details of the Range Test will be posted here approximately one week before date of Range Test. IMPORTANT NOTE: Candidates' attention is drawn to a previous posting here, regarding Range Test Procedures.

The following candidates (number, followed by mark achieved) were unsuccessful and are required to re-sit and pass the MCQ stage before proceeding to any Range Test. The application fee for repeat candidates is €50.00. MCQ dates and venues are posted periodically on this blog site. “Fail” grades may be appealed to the HCAP Assessment Committee, subject to written application accompanied by re-checking fee, €50.00. Where written application for re-checking is received, it is reviewed by the Committee at the next scheduled Committee meeting following receipt of application.

2010/0151, 58%
2010/0144, 60%
2010/0134, 68%

"RED DEER HUNTING (PART 1)" - NEW DVD

2010-07-01T09:32:00.000+01:00

HCAP-Certified Stalkers Gerd and Veronika Höna, Donegal, have produced a fine new DVD on hunting red deer in Ireland. The DVD, which is approximately 40 minutes long, has some excellent footage of red deer in their Donegal habitat and demonstrates aspects of hunting, including building and erection of high seats, shooting positions, shot placement, effects of the shot, carcase handling and venison preparation. It recommends itself to all hunting enthusiasts and is available from the address below, cost approximately €15.00.

Gerd Höna,
Schoolmaster's House
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WILDLIFE (AMENDMENT) BILL 2010

2010-06-30T13:15:00.000+01:00

The Green Party Bill as promulgated by the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Culture and moved as a Government Bill, was passed by Dail Eireann on 29 June 2010 and will now go to Seanad Eireann for ratification before going to the President for signature and commencement as the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2010.

The Bill repeals section 26 of the Principal Act which provided for the granting of a licence for staghunting, and has the effect of ending the life of the Ward Union Hunt, which has been the only staghunting pack of hounds in Ireland and which was formed 156 years ago. Section 3 (2) of the Bill effectively bans staghunting on horseback, and provides as follows:

(2) Subject to subsection (3), a person who hunts deer with two or more dogs shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) It shall not be an offence for a person on foot to hunt deer with 2 or more dogs, under and in accordance with—

(a) a licence granted under section 29 of this Act, or
(b) a permission granted under section 42 of this Act.

Section 4 of the Bill also corrects a legal lacuna in firearms licensing provisions introduced in 2009, whereby the requirement for a game licence as part of the firearms certificate was overlooked by the Department of Justice and the Garda Siochana when giving effect to new provisions.

Section 4 provides as follows>

Section 29 (as substituted by section 4 of the Firearms (Firearm Certificates for Non-Residents) Act 2000) of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) in subsection (5)(a), by substituting “Subject to subsection (5A), where”
for “Where”, and
(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (5):

“(5A) (a) A firearm certificate to which this subsection applies shall for the purposes of sections 22(4) and 23(5) of this Act be deemed to be a licence granted by the Minister under this section and, subject to section 75(1) and to the restrictions contained in section 33 of this Act, such certificate shall, for so long as it is in force, operate to authorise the person to whom it is granted, with the firearm to which the certificate relates, to engage in the activities referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of subsection (5)(a).

(b) This subsection applies to a firearm certificate that is granted—
(i) in respect of a shot-gun, and
(ii) on or after 1 August 2009 but before 1 August 2012.

A further amendment tabled by Deputy Joanna Tuffy, Labour, which would have had the effect of ensuring that female deer could not be shot between May and September of any year under a Section 42 Permission, was not accepted.

The original Bill as drafted would have had the effect of prohibiting the hunting of deer with two or more dogs by ordinary deer hunters but was amended following representations by the Wild Deer Association of Ireland, fully supported by the Irish Deer Society and the Deer Alliance (as previously reported here). WDAI in particular are to be congratulated for their excellent work and sustained lobbying on this issue.

RESULTS OF HCAP MCQ, LARAGH, CO. WICKLOW, 26 MAY 2010

2010-06-08T18:13:00.000+01:00

The following candidates were successful in the HCAP MCQ held at Lynham's Hotel, Laragh, Co. Wicklow, on Wednesday 26 May 2010 and are eligible to participate in the Range Test on Saturday 28 August 2010 from 10 a.m. at Midland Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (HCAP number, followed by Pass mark achieved):

2006/0054, 82%
2008/0108, 86%
2009/0123, 86%
2009/0124, 86%
2009/0158, 90%
2009/0201, 94%
2010/0098, 96%
2010/0100, 96%
2010/0101, 96%
2010/0103, 86%
2010/0104, 80%
2010/0107, 82%
2010/0108, 80%
2010/0109, 80%
2010/0110, 80%
2010/0113, 88%
2010/0117, 82%
2010/0118, 88%
2010/0119, 84%
2010/0120, 92%
2010/0122, 86%
2010/0123, 88%
2010/0126, 86%
2010/0127, 86%

Further details of the Range Test, including Firing Detail Starting Times, will be posted here approximately one week before date of Range Test. Candidates' attention is drawn to a previous posting here, regarding Range Test Procedures.

The following candidates (number, followed by mark achieved) were unsuccessful and are required to re-sit and pass the MCQ stage before proceeding to any Range Test. The application fee for repeat candidates is €50.00. MCQ dates and venues are posted periodically on this blog site. “Fail” grades may be appealed to the HCAP Assessment Committee, subject to written application accompanied by re-checking fee, €50.00. Where written application for re-checking is received, it is reviewed by the Committee at the next scheduled Committee meeting following receipt of application.

2010/0102, 72%
2010/0105, 66%
2010/0112, 64%
2010/0114, 70%
2010/0116, 76%
2010/0121, 66%
2010/0124, 68%

COMMENTARY

While the Deer Alliance does not normally comment on HCAP MCQ Results, on this occasion it is appropriate to note that a significant - and striking - number of candidates, including both "Fail" Candidates and "Pass" Candidates, answered questions on the Open/Closed Hunting Seasons incorrectly. All Candidates are invited to consider the two questions set out below, together with Multiple Choice possible answers, and ensure that they are at least familiar with the relevant Seasons.

The current open season for fallow does in Co.Wicklow is:
a) 1st October - 31st January
b) 1st October – 28th February
c) 1st November – 31st January
d) 1st November – 28th February

The current close season for sika stags in Co. Wicklow is:
a) 1st March - 31st August
b) 1st March – 31st July
c) 1st January – 31st August
d) 1st February – 31st July

WILDLIFE (AMENDMENT) BILL 2010

2010-06-02T11:59:00.000+01:00

Further to our previous posting on this subject, the statement set out below was issued on 1 June 2010 by Minister of State Michael Finneran in relation to an amendment to the Bill:

"The Wildlife (Amendment) Bill, 2010 was published on 20 April 2010 to give effect to the commitment in the renewed Programme for Government to prohibit the hunting of deer with packs of dogs. The Government decided that this particular hunting practice should cease for animal welfare and public safety reasons. This short Bill also increases the maximum fines for wildlife related offences which were last increased in 2000. This legislation will have no implications for other country pursuits such as fox-hunting, hare-hunting, hare coursing or deer stalking.

The Minister proposes to present the Bill to the Dáil shortly with the intention that it will be enacted before the summer recess.

An issue was raised recently by the Wild Deer Association of Ireland and the Irish Deer Society relating to the practice of deer stalking. They were very concerned that the prohibition on hunting deer with 2 dogs or more would impact on deer stalking in woodlands, where it is now generally regarded as good practice to have a dog for the purpose of retrieving fallen game which can be concealed in undergrowth (it is not uncommon for a deer, even if cleanly shot, to make a last dash for cover). In the event that several hunters were stalking on a property and each had a dog, or if they were bringing two dogs for training or other reasons, they would in effect be breaking the law. Licences for these activities are issued under Section 29 of the Wildlife Acts.

It was never the intention that the legislation would place any restriction on lawful deer stalking. Accordingly, the Minister is in consultation with Parliamentary Counsel on an amendment to the Bill to address the fears expressed by these organisations representing deer hunters that the provisions of the Bill will inadvertently affect the legitimate practice of deer stalking. This amendment relates to Section 3 of the Bill".

(Posted 2 June 2010)

HCAP MCQ, CLAREMORRIS, CO. MAYO, 20 JUNE 2010

2010-06-02T10:17:00.000+01:00

The next HCAP MCQ will take place at 12 noon on Sunday 20 June 2010 at the Dalton Inn, Claremorris, Co. Mayo.

All applications already on hand will be eligible to participate and a list of candidates will be posted here on the blog on or about 16 June 2010 (closing date for receipt of applications).

The MCQ on 20 June will be preceded on Saturday 19 June 2010 by a one-day traning seminar organised by the Connacht Branch, Irish Deer Society - inquiries should be made directly to Robert Henaghan, tel. 086 822 2838. Registration for the Seminar will take place at 9.30 a.m. and it will run from 10.00 a.m. to approximately 6.30 p.m.

Subjects covered will include

Principals of Deer Management
Deer Biology
Carcass Handling
Rifles, Ballistics and Zeroing
Hunting and the Law
Forestry and Conservation Issues
Stalking Aids and Techniques
Fallow Deer
Red Deer.

Speakers include:

Liam Nolan
Pat White
Brian Duffy
Dennis Strong
Jim Daly
Paul Wood

There will be a preparatory Q & A session at 10 a.m. on Sunday 20 June before the HCAP MCQ at 12 noon.

SCHEDULED HCAP MCQ DATES

2010-06-01T14:15:00.000+01:00

The next scheduled HCAP MCQs will be on Sunday 20 June 2010 in Claremorris, Co. Mayo, organised by the Connacht Branch of the Irish Deer Society (inquiries to Paul Wood, 086 884 6657); and on Saturday 7 August 2010 in Portlaoise, Co. Laois, organised by the Wild Deer Association of Ireland (inquiries to Damien Hannigan, 087 249 6987).

The MCQ on 20 June will be preceded on Saturday 19 June by a one-day Seminar in preparation for the MCQ.

WILDLIFE (AMENDMENT) BILL 2010

2010-06-01T09:14:00.000+01:00

The Deer Alliance, acting in conjunction with the Wild Deer Association of Ireland and the Irish Deer Society, recently made a presentation to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Culture in relation to the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010, which is nearing finalisation in the Oireachtas.

Section 3 (2) of the Bill provides that it shall be an offence to hunt deer with two or more dogs.

The Deer Alliance, WDAI and IDS are of the opinion that this provision, if it becomes law, will impact negatively on the practice of deer stalking and on efficient and humane control and management of wild deer, as it will affect situations where dogs can be used to track shot or injured deer, or where dogs are used to drive deer off farmland.

Discussions, which were initiated by WDAI, are ongoing. All Joint Committee members present at the hearing, which took place on Tuesday 25 May 2010, appeared to support the views expressed by the delegation. A full transcript of the proceedings has been made available to the participating deer organisations.

ISPCA LEGAL HANDBOOK

2010-05-14T13:12:00.000+01:00

The Irish Society for Prevention of ruelty to Animasls publish a Legal Handbook for the benefit and information of its members, local and national animal welfare Inspectors, other animal welfare bodies in Ireland, and the Garda Siochána, who have the statutory authority over animal welfare in this country.

The 14-Chapter 40000-word Handbook is authored for the ISPCA by Carrie Jane Canniffe B.L., David Burke B.L. and Barra Faughnan B.L. The full text can be accessed at http://www.ispca.ie/legal-handbook.aspx

Chapter 14 deals with Hunting and the Protection of Wild Animals, and is set out in Q & A format, with 53 questions asked and answered. These are set out below, with acknowledgments to the ISPCA and the joint authors of the Handbook. While all species of wild animals including wild birds are covered, Deer Stalkers, shooters and hunters generally will undoubtedly find much of the information relevant and informative.
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN, ISPCA LEGAL HANDBOOK

HUNTING & THE PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE

CONTENTS

General:
Q.1 What is a protected wild animal?
Q.2 Who in accordance with the Act has the function of conserving wildlife?
Q.3 Are there any general protections in relation to wild animals give under this Act?

Wild Birds:
Q.4 What protections can be afforded to a wild bird which is not specified as being protected ?
Q.5 Is the hunting of wild birds prohibited?
Q.6 Are there any exceptions to this prohibition?
Q.7 Is it an offence to injure a wild bird in the process of hunting the animal?
Q.8 Is it an offence to wilfully remove eggs from the nest of a wild bird, or the nest itself?
Q.9 Is it an offence to destroy, injure or mutilate the nest or eggs of a wild bird?
Q.10 Is it an offence to disturb a protected wild bird on or near its nest?
Q.11 Are there any defences available to persons charged with such offences?
Q.12 Which party bears the onus of proof in relation to such defences?

Wild Animals:
Q.13 Does a wild animal which is not a protected wild animal have any protection under this section?
Q.14 Is the hunting of protected wild animals prohibited?
Q.15 What is an exempted wild animal?
Q.16 Are there any exceptions to this prohibition?
Q.17 Is it an offence to injure a wild animal while in the process of hunting it?
Q.18 Is it an offence to wilfully interfere with or destroy the breeding place of any protected wild animal?
Q.19 Are there any defences to section 23(5) available to a person charged thereunder?
Q.20 Are there any specific provisions in relation to any animals?

Hunting:
Q.21 Is it an offence to capture or humanely kill a protected wild animal?
Q.22 Are there any specific time restrictions in relation to the hunting of wild animals and wild birds in general?
Q.23 Which party bears the onus of proof in relation to defences to prosecutions under these provisions?
Q.24 What happens where a person or organisation carries out an action which falls foul of more than one of the relevant provisions - can they be prosecuted under all sections?
Q.25 Do these provisions affect hare coursing?
Q.26 Can a master of a hunting pack get a group licence?
Q.27 Can open seasons be altered or adjusted?

Firearms:
Q.28 Can a person hunt with firearms?
Q.29 What is a qualified person?

Traps, snares and other devices:
Q.30 Is it permissible to use a snare, trap or poison to hunt or capture a protected wild animal?
Q.31 Are there defences to these prohibitions?
Q.32 Is it an offence to sell traps and snares?
Q.33 What can a person do if they see a wild bird being used as a scarecrow or decoy for the purposes of hunting?
Q.34 Is it also an offence to use a stuffed wild bird for the purpose of hunting any other protected wild bird?
Q.35 Can a licence be granted to use live birds as decoys?
Q.36 Can a mechanically propelled vehicle be used for hunting protected wild birds and animals?
Q.37 Can a person hunting a protected wild bird or animal use a lamp, mirror, light torch orther artificial light, reflecting or dazzling device or appliance for the purpose of hunting?

On Private land:
Q.38 Is it an offence for a person to enter land of which they are not the owner or occupier in order to hunt wild animals or birds, with or without a firearm?
Q.39 What can I do if I see someone on my land hunting with a firearm without my permission?
Q.40 What can a person do where damage is being done to their livestock, poultry or crops, pen- reared birds, other fauna or flora, woodland forestry or fishery by protected wild birds or animals?
Q.41 Who may prosecute this offence under section 44?
Q.42 On whom does the onus of proving where unlawful entry to land is alleged?

Dealing in Wild animals:
Q.43 What can I do if I see someone selling protected wild animals or birds?
Q.44 Are there any defences to Section 45(1), which prohibits the sale of wild birds?
Q.45 Can a dealer have a wild animal or bird or bird’s nest in his possession?
Q.46 Is it an offence for a restaurant to purchase a protected wild bird or animal from a dealer?
Q.47 What defences are available to such an offence?
Q.48 Are there any specific provisions in relation to eggs?
Q.49 Is it an offence to aid or abet the commission of an offence under the Act?
Q.50 What powers do the Gardai and authorised persons (appointed by the Minister) have?
Q.51 Can a person lose possession of property as a result of a conviction under this Act?

Amendments:
Q.52 Have any orders been enacted pursuant to or affecting the Act?
Q.53 Does the 1976 Act amend other legislation?

Wildlife in Ireland is protected by a piece of legislation known as the Wildlife Act, 1976 as amended. The purpose of this legislation is the conservation of the wildlife ( flora and fauna (including game).The Act is very comprehensive and covers many specific methods of hunting an trapping an animal or bird, protecting what are known as protected wild animals and birds. .

In the main any breaches or suspected breaches of this Act should be reported to the Gardai who may take steps towards prosecuting such offences.

Q.1 What is a protected wild animal?

These are generally a type of animal that one would not expect to find on sale. Section 2 of the 1976 Act refers us to Section 23(4) for a definition of a protected wild animal. Such an animal is any animal to which this Section 23 for the time being applies. Section 23(1) refers us to the Fifth Schedule of the Act for the list of protected animals. According to the Act’s definition, a Protected Wild Animal is as follows

LAND MAMMALS Badger, Bat Species, Deer Species, Hare Species, Hedgehog, Otter, Pine Marten, Red Squirrel.

MARINE MAMMALS Dolphin species, Porpoise species, Seal species, Whale species.

AMPHIBIANS Natterjack Toad.

WILD BIRDS Section 22(3) of the Wildlife Act, 1976 refers us to the Third Schedule for a list of those birds which are not protected wild birds:-

Protected Wild Bird is any wild bird other than a Bullfinch, Carrion Crow, Greater Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Hooded (Grey) Crow, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Jay, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Magpie, Pigeons (including Wood Pigeon, but not including Carrier Pigeons, Racing Homing Pigeons or Doves), Rook, Starling .

Q.2 Who in accordance with the Act has the function of conserving wildlife?

The Act stipulates that the Minister for Tourism, Fishery and Forestry is vested with the function of conserving wildlife (section 11)..

Q.3 Are there general protections in relation to wild birds and animals given under this Act?

Yes, Section 19 affords protection to wild birds and their nests and eggs (other than birds mentioned in Schedule 3 of the Act see above for the list of non-protected wild birds). Section 20 affords protection to wild animals protected by section 23 (see above for the list of protected animals.)

Q.4 Can a wild bird specified as not being a protected wild bird have specific protections?

Yes, according to Section 22(2) the Minister may specify in regulations pursuant to Section 22 that Section 22 and the protective measures therein apply equally to a non-protected wild bird as set down in Schedule 3.

Q.5 Is the hunting of protected wild birds prohibited?

Yes, in accordance with Section 22(4)(a) it is an offence to hunt a protected wild bird without a licence to do so.

Q.6 Are there any exceptions to this prohibition?

Yes, by order and pursuant to Section 24 the Minister may by order decree that certain species of wild bird may be hunted during certain time periods. These periods are known as open season on hunting certain animals. In addition if you are the holder of a licence to hunt this animal you may do so.

If a person wished to prosecute someone for an offence under section 22, it would be necessary to ensure that the hunting was not permitted by order of the Minister during the said period or that the person was not a licence holder.

Q.7 Is it an offence to injure a wild bird in the process of hunting the animal?

Yes, unless there is permission to hunt the bird either in accordance with a Section 24 order or a licence issued by the Minister, Section 22(4)(b).

Q.8 Is it an offence to wilfully remove the eggs or the nest of a wild bird ?

Yes, pursuant to Section 22(4)(c) it is an offence to tamper with a protected bird’s nest unless this is done in accordance with a licence.

Q.9 Is it an offence to destroy, injure or mutilate the nest or eggs of a protected wild bird?

Yes, this is an offence pursuant to Section 22(4)(d).

Q.10 Is it an offence to disturb a protected wild bird on or near the nest?

Yes, Section 22(4)(e) states that it is an offence to disturb a protected wild bird on or near the nest.

Q.11 Are there any defences available of which a person hoping to prosecute should be aware?

Yes, there are a number of defences open to a person under section 22(5) as amended by SI No. 397 of 1985, Regulation 3. The following are permitted by Section 22 (5) which states that it shall not be an offence for a person:-

“while engaged in ornithology wilfully to disturb a protected wild bird, or while so engaged or engaged in agriculture, fishing or forestry unintentionally to injure or kill a protected wild bird, or to remove for conservation purposes or to destroy unintentionally the eggs or nest of a protected wild bird in the ordinary course of agriculture, or (Note Section 22(5)(c) was substituted by SI No. 397 of 1985 Regulation 3. - addition of conservation).

to capture an injured or disabled protected wild bird for the purpose of killing it humanely, or with the intention of tending it and of later releasing it, or

to kill humanely a protected wild bird which has been injured in the manner described in paragraph (b) or captured in the manner described in paragraph (d) or injured in the circumstances described in paragraph (h) of this subsection.

to take birds of a protected wild bird for the purpose of having them hatched out for re-population, or reintroduction into the wild or for such purpose, to move such eggs from the nest of such a bird to that of another bird of the same species, or (Note Section 22(5)(f) was substituted by S.I. No. 397 of 1985 Regulation 3).

to destroy or remove any such nest which is built in or on an occupied building, or

while constructing a road or while carrying on any archaeological operation, building operation or work of engineering construction or while constructing or carrying on such operation or work as may be prescribed, unintentionally to kill or injure a protected wild bird or to remove for conservation purposes or to unintentionally destroy, injure or mutilate the eggs or nest of a protected wild bird.” (Note Section 22(5)(h) was substituted by S.I. No. 397 of 1985 Regulation 3).”

This last amendment to Section 22(5)(h) requires that any damage done in the process of construction be unintentional which seems to place an onus on the developers to take reasonable care and to where possible remove the eggs for conservation purposes. This onus was clearly not present under the 1976 Act as it stood.

There is also a general defence in relation to all acts carried out in pursuance of a statute or statutory instrument which might result in a breach of this section .

Another defence would be to commit the offence for the purposes of preventing a damage of the type specified in Section 42(1) from being done by the wild animals. Such an offence in such a case would become permitted according to Section 22(6) .

Q.12 In relation to the prosecution of the offences on which party is the onus of establishing the defences placed ?

The burden of proof is specifically provided for in Section 22(7) in relation to subsection 4(e) offences. It states that the prosecution need not show that the offender was not engaged in ornithology at the time of the offence as alleged. No reference is made in relation to the onus of showing that one of the exemptions applies (which includes the ornithology defence) one must then wonder whether the prosecution must prove that the Defendant does not fall within the subsection 5 exemptions in order to prove their case.

The better view it is submitted is that despite this specific reference to the first of the subsection 5 categories, the onus in relation to proving whether the defence falls within the excused categories rests with the defence and that this specific reference to the burden of proof was inserted to remove any doubt which might arise in relation to this specific provision, Section 22(4)(e).

Q.13 Does a wild animal which is not a protected wild animal have any protection under this section?

Yes, according to section 23(2) the Minister may specify in regulations that the protective measures in relation to protected wild animals contained in section 23 apply equally to non-protected wild animals. In the absence of such regulations, however, unless an animal is listed in the Fifth Schedule, it will not be protection by the Section.

Q.14 Is the hunting of protected wild animals prohibited?

Yes, in accordance with section 23(5)it is an offence to hunt a protected wild animal which is not an exempted wild mammal without a licence to do so. Further it is an offence to hunt an exempted wild mammal without a licence to do so (whether a full licence or a seasonal licence).

Q.15 What is an exempted wild mammal?

Section 2 refers us to section 25 for the definition of an exempted wild mammal. Section 25 states inter alia that an exempted wild mammal is one the subject of a Ministerial order permitting the hunting of the same for a certain specified period in a stated area. This order may limit the total amount of such animals which may be hunted and may distinguish between different species of the animal. Effectively such orders declare an open season on certain types of animals.

Q.16 Are there any exceptions to this prohibition?

Yes, by order and pursuant to section 24 the Minister may by order decree that certain species of wild birds may be hunted during certain time periods. These periods are known as open season on hunting certain animals.

In addition, if you are the holder of a licence to hunt this animal you may do so.

If a person wished to prosecute someone for an offence under section 22 it would be necessary to ensure that the hunting was not permitted by order of the Minister during the said period or that the person was not a licence holder.

Q.17 Is it an offence to injure a wild animal while in the process of hunting the animal?
Yes, unless there is permission to hunt the bird either in accordance with a section 25 order or a licence issued by the Minister, Section 23(5)(c).

Q.18 Is it an offence to willfully interfere with or destroy the breeding place of any protected wild animal?

Yes, pursuant to section 23(5)(d) it is an offence to interfere with or destroy the breeding place of a protected wild animal.

Q.19 Are there any defences to section 23(5) available of which a person hoping to prosecute should be aware?

Yes, there are a number of defences to Section 23(5) open to a person under section 23(7). According to Section 23(7) “Notwithstanding section (5) of this section, it shall not be an offence for a person -

while engaged in agriculture, fishing or forestry or in zoology or in any other scientific pursuit, unintentionally to injure or kill a protected wild animal, or
while so engaged to interfere with or destroy the breeding place of such an animal, or while constructing a road or while carrying out any archaeological operation, building operation or work of engineering construction, or while constructing or carrying on such other operation or work as may be prescribed, to kill or injure such an animal or to destroy or injure the breeding place of such an animal, or
to capture an injured or disabled wild animal for the purpose of killing it humanely, or tending it and later releasing it.
to kill humanely a protected wild animal which is either injured in the manner described in paragraph (a) of this subsection or captured in the manner described in paragraph (d) of this subsection, or so to kill a protected wild animal injured in the circumstances described in paragraph (c) of this subsection.

There is also a general defence in relation to all acts carried out in pursuance of a statute or statutory instrument which might result in a breach of this section, Section 23(7)(iv)”.

Another defence would be to commit the offence for the purposes of preventing a damage of the type specified in Section 42(1), Section 23(8). e.g. damage to agricultural crops, flora, other fauna etc..

If Section 3(3) of the Whale Fisheries Act, 1937 permits the act to be done it will not be held to have been an act in contravention of this section, Section 23(7)(iii).

Q.20 Are there specific provisions in relation to any animals?

Yes, Section 23(7) (i)(ii) makes specific provision for hares

Q.21 Is it an offence to capture or humanely kill a protected wild animal?

Yes, unless a licence is granted by the Minister for educational scientific or other purposes as specified in the licence, Section 23(6).

Q.22 Are there any specific time restrictions in relation to the hunting of wild animals and birds in general?

Yes, Section 37 states inter alia that it is an offence (subject to Section 42) to hunt a woodcock between sunrise and sunset, and any other wild bird (other than a duck or a goose) during the period one hour after sunrise and one hour before sunset.
Note: If the person has a licence pursuant to Sections 22(9) or 23(6) and is hunting for certain purposes they may be exempt from these restrictions, Section 37(2).

Q.23 In relation to the prosecution of the offences, on which party is the onus of establishing the defences placed ?

The burden of proof is specifically provided for in Section 23(9) in relation to subsection 7(a) where it states that the prosecution need not show that the offender was not engaged in agriculture, fishing or forestry or in zoology or in any other scientific pursuit, at the time of the offence as alleged.

It is submitted (as it was in relation to wild birds) that despite this specific reference to the first and second of the subsection 7 categories, the onus in relation to proving whether the defence falls within the excused categories remains with the defence.

Q.24 What happens where a person or organisation carries out one action which falls foul of a number of provisions of the 1976 Act and of Section 8 of the Protection of Animals Act, 1911? Can that person then be prosecuted under all sections?

If the offence falls within Section 34, Section 22 or 23 of the 1976 Act and Section 8 of the Protection of Animals Act, 1911, Section 34(7) specifically precludes conviction under all of these sections in respect of the same act. Perhaps a prosecution could be bought under all of these sections with the conviction simply reflecting one breach. It may however be preferable to choose on section which best fits the offence and run with that.

Q.25 Do these provisions affect hare coursing?

No. It will not be unlawful to kill hares by coursing at a regulated coursing match held in a specified place and during a specified time as stated in the order of the Minister in relation to hares. In addition it will not be unlawful to hunt hares using a pack of beagles or harriers within the period specified by the Ministerial order and in the stated area, Section 23(7)(i).

Q.26 Can a Master of a hunting pack get a group licence?

Yes, Sections 26 and 27 permit the licensing of hound hunting for a specified period in a specified area. The Minister may grant licences to hunt deer and otters using hounds, Section 26.

The protection of these aforementioned animals is specifically dealt with in the 1976 Act.

Q.27 Can open seasons be altered or adjusted?

Yes, the Minister may for weather reasons or any other reasons in the interests of conservation of fauna prohibit the hunting of any animal for a specified period and in a specified area where the animal is an exempted wild mammal or an animal which is the subject of a Section 24 order, Section 27.

Q.28 Can a person hunt with firearms?

Yes, if they are in possession of a firearms licence in accordance with Section 29.
Section 28 also allows hunting with firearms where the person is a qualified person.

Q.29 What is a qualified person?Section 28(2) provides that the person must be at least 16 years of age and

“ entitled to sporting rights over the land, or
is the guest, invitee, servant or agent or possesses the written authority of a person who is entitled to sporting rights over the land.
is a member of a body of persons which is entitled to sporting rights over the land or which has authority, or
is a person who is of a class or description which the Minister by regulation declares to be qualified class or description for the purposes of this section.”

Q.30 Is it permissible to use a snare or a trap or poison to hunt or capture a protected wild animal?

No, Section 34 prohibits the use of traps or snares to hunt or capture protected wild animals.

Section 34 states that subject to Section 42 a person shall not

a) hunt any wild bird or mammal by means of a trap, snare, net, line, hook, arrow, dart, spear, or similar device, instrument or missile, or bird line or any substance of a like nature, or any poisonous, poisoned or stupefying bait, or
affix, place or set-

any trap, snare or net for killing or taking a wild bird or a wild mammal or,
any line, hook, or other device or instrument, calculated or likely to cause death or bodily injury to any wild bird or a wild mammal coming in contact with it,
on any tree, pole, cairn or other structure in or in the vicinity of any place frequented by wild birds or by wild mammals, or
lay any poisonous or poisoned substance or stupefying bait, being a substance or bait which is calculated or is likely to injure, or facilitate the capture of, a wild bird or a wild mammal, in or in the vicinity of any place mentioned in paragraph (b) of this subsection, or on any tree or pole, cairn or other structure in or in the vicinity of such place.”

This is a wide provision and on its face prohibits in relation to wild birds and animals what it often some of the cruelest treatment of animals; setting traps and laying poison .

Q.31 Are there defences to these prohibitions?

Yes, if the animal or bird is not a protected one this section does not apply, Section 34(2)(b).

Also if the affixing a snare or trap is done pursuant to statute or statutory instrument there is a full defence, Section 34(2).

If regulations made pursuant to the section are in force the act may be deemed to be other then an offence, Section 34(2)(a).

The Minister may grant licences to do certain things and if such a licence is issued the person may commit certain of these prohibited acts, Section 34(3)

Q.32 Is it an offence to sell traps and snares?

Yes, Section 34(6) creates the offence of selling traps and snares without a licence.

Q.33 What can a person do if they see a wild bird being used as a scarecrow or decoy for the purposes of hunting?

Such an activity should be reported as the same is an offence according to Section 35 (1).

Q.34 Is it also an offence to use a stuffed decoy wild bird for the purpose of hunting any other protected wild bird?

Yes, pursuant to Section 35 it is an offence to use such a decoy for these purposes unless the same is used for the purposes of hunting wild ducks or geese.

Note it is also an offence pursuant to Section 35(1)(d) to use electrical or other instruments to emit the sound of birds for the purposes of hunting protected wild birds unless this is used for the purposes of hunting ducks, geese or plover.

NB While these items may be used in relation to the hunting of geese and ducks there may be in existence Ministerial orders made in accordance with Section 34(5) specifically prohibiting their use in geese and duck hunting in certain areas during certain times.

Q.35 Can a licence be granted to use live birds as decoys?

Yes, the Minister may issue a licence permitting such use; however there
are strict conditions attaching to such licences in relation to the watering, feeding and confinement of such a decoy. In addition the decoy may only be used to hunt birds of the same species, Section 35(5).

Q.36 Can a mechanically propelled vehicle be used for the hunting of protected wild animals and birds?

No, unless there is a licence to use a mechanically propelled vehicle, vessel or aircraft for the hunting of a protected wild bird or animal, the same is prohibited pursuant to Section 36.

Q.37 Can a person hunting a protected wild bird or animal use a lamp, mirror, light, torch or other artificial light - reflecting or dazzling device or appliance?

No, Section 38 prohibits the use of the aforesaid unless they attach a “band, ring, tag, or other marking device to the same or are hunting for scientific or educational purposes pursuant to a licence issued by the Minister.”

Q.38 Is it an offence for a person to enter onto land of which they are not the owner or occupier in order to hunt wild animals or birds with or without a firearm?

Section 44 states that this is an offence and further states that it is an offence to shoot over such land if the same is not done with the permission of the owner.

Q.39 What can I do if I see someone on my land hunting with a firearm wild birds or animals without my permission?

The owner /occupier, the holder of a Section 29(5) licence or the holder of sporting rights has the right to request that the person who is committing a Section 44 offence and is in possession of a firearm furnish them with their name and address, Section 44(2).

Q.40 What can a person do where damage is being done to their livestock, poultry or agricultural crops (including vegetable or fruit), pen-reared birds, other fauna or flora in a woodland or forest plantation or a fishery by protected wild animals or birds?

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Act, the Minister may permit an authorised person to destroy the said animals, Section 42. There are a number of conditions attaching to this section.

Note also that S.I. No. 254 of 1986 affects this provision in that it permits the Minister to capture or kill any species specified in the First Schedule of the SI which:

is a threat to public health or safety,
is likely to cause serious damage to crops, livestock, fisheries or forestry,
is likely to cause damage to flora and fauna.”

This SI is enacted and takes effect notwithstanding the provisions of the Wildlife Act.

Q.41 Who may prosecute this offence under section 44?

The owner occupier of the land, and the holder of sporting rights over the land be that an individual or a person representing a sporting body holding such rights over the land, Section 44(4).

Q.42 On whom does the onus of proving that the Defendant was on the land without lawful authority lie?

Section 44(7) expressly provides that the onus of proving that the Defendant had no lawful authority to be on the land is for the prosecution. Where it is asserted that there was lawful authority the onus shifts to the Defendant.

Q.43 What can I do if I see a person selling protected wild animals or birds?

It is an offence under Section 45(1) as amended by S.I. No. 397/1985 for a non-licenced person to sell protected wild animals or birds whether dead or alive (taxidermy). The relevant authorities should therefore be contacted.

Q.44 Are there any defences to this Section 45(1) provision prohibiting the sale of wild animals that a person attempting to prosecute should be on the look out for?

Selling a protected wild animal or bird is lawful where according to Section 45(3)

“a)The sale by a person of any live specimen of a protected wild bird or protected wild animal solely for the purposes of propagating or improving the quality of such species, the sale by a person of live hares to a coursing club affiliated to the Irish Coursing Club.
the sale to a licenced wildlife dealer by a person of any protected wild bird or protected wild animal lawfully killed by him.”

These defences take into consideration that there are licences which permit the killing of a protected species and that as such a licence holder is entitled to sell his kill. There is also an exemption given to the Irish Coursing Club in relation to live hares.
Some protected wild animals and birds are endangered species or are in danger of becoming such. Therefore the legislature have given cognisance to the fact that on occasion some of these species may in fact benefit from the sale of another of their species in order to propagate their kind.

Q.45 Can a dealer have a wild animal or bird or bird’s eggs in his possession?

No according to Section 45 (2) as this constitutes an offence.

Q.46 Is it an offence for a restaurant to purchase a protected wild bird or animal from a dealer?

Yes, if the dealer has no wildlife licence to so deal, Section 45(4).

Q.47 What defences are available?

The only relevant defence open would be to show that the animals/birds were obtained lawfully, Section 45(8) as amended by S.I. No. 397/1985.

Q.48 Are there any provisions specifically in relation to eggs?

The 1976 Act has been amended by S.I. No. 397/1985 which has inserted three new subsections dealing with eggs, Section 44 (11), (12), and (13) and they provide as follows:

11 and 12 neither a licenced wildlife dealer nor an unlicenced dealer may keep for sale, purchase for resale or engage in taxidermy in respect of eggs taken from the wild of a protected wild bird. Further,

Ss. 13 A licenced wildlife dealer shall not have these eggs in his possession.
Note Sections 46, 47, 48 and 49 relate to wildlife dealer licences.

Q.49 For the purposes of the 1976 Act is it an offence to aid and abet in the commission of an offence?

Yes, anyone aiding or abetting in the commission of an offence under the 1976 Act is guilty of an offence, Section 69(1).

Q.50 What powers do the Gardai and authorised persons (appointed by the Minister) have under the Act?

Section 72 lays down the extensive powers of both the Gardai and authorised persons.

They may if they reasonably suspect a person of being guilty of a Part II (Sections 11-44) or Sections 45, 47, 51, 52, or 53 offence stop such a person at a reasonable time, require that they furnish their name and address, demand production of the flora or fauna or product and seize the same or part thereof as a specimen, Section 72(2). Further they may search any vehicle, vessel or aircraft which they reasonably suspect of being used for the transport import or export of flora or fauna or product or part thereof contrary to Sections 51, 52, or 53 and they may require that to facilitate the search the vehicle be stopped, Section 72(3) (a).

They may open and search any package/container, Section 72(3)(b).

Request that they be permitted to inspect any relevant documentation, obtain the name and address of the owner and the person operating or controlling the vehicle vessel or aircraft, Section 72(3)(c).

Inspect any relevant books or records and take copies of the same and seize and detain any relevant document where there is a reasonable suspicion that an offence is or has been committed.

For the purposes of the Act the Gardai may enter onto any land (not into buildings - This would require a warrant etc..)

Search Warrants may be obtained under Section 73 following the compliance with certain criteria. A member of the Gardai or an authorised person should place their suspicions on an information on oath which will be brought before a Peace Commissioner or a District Judge. The latter will grant a search warrant where they are satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that a person is in possession on any premises or other land -
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a protected wild bird,
a protected wild animal,
the eggs of a protected wild bird,
the carcass or any other part of or any product of a protected wild bird or protected wild animal, or
any plant or part or product of a plant which is of a species to which an order under section 21 of the Act applies.”

Note : The powers as aforesaid are in addition to the Gardai’s existing powers of search and seizure, Section 72(6).

Penalties are provided for in Section 74 and they are dependent on the provision of the Act which has been breached.

Q.51 Can a person lose possession of any property as a result of being found to have committed an offence for the purposes of this Act?

Yes, where a person is convicted of an offence involving a trap or snare etc. they may by order of the court forfeit the same, Section 76. The same applies where the offence involves a firearm. The owner or other interested party has a right to be heard in relation to the forfeiture.

Q.52 Have any orders being enacted pursuant to or affecting this 1976 Act?

Yes, there have been a number of Transfers of Ministerial Functions. S.I. No. 307/1977 specifies what constitutes a trap, net and snare for the purposes of section 34 of the 1976 Act. There have also been some amendments to the Act of 1976

Q.53 Does the 1976 Act itself amend any other pieces of legislation?

Yes, Sections 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, and 67 amend a number of acts.

Firearms Act, 1925, section 3
Forestry Act 1946 Act
State Property Act, 1954
Firearms Act, 1964
Registration of Title Act, 1964 section 69
Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1965 , Sections 23-26, and Section 67 of the 1976 Act effectively reduces the remit of the 1965 Act so that it no longer applies to protected wild animals and wild birds.

Section 10 and the First Schedule of the 1976 Act repeals a number of Acts and sections therein as follows :-
Deer Protection Act, 1698
Game Act, 1787
Night Poaching Act, 1826
Poaching Prevention Act, 1862
Game Preservation Act, 1930
Wild Birds Protection Act, 1930
Forestry Act, 1946 Section 61
Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1965 Section 8

HCAP MCQ WEDNESDAY 26 MAY 2010

2010-05-14T13:06:00.001+01:00

The closing date for applications for the next HCAP MCQ is Monday 17 May 2010.

The MCQ will take place at 8 p.m. on Wednesday 26 May 2010 at Lynham's Hotel, Laragh, Co. Wicklow.

HCAP RANGE TEST, 24 APRIL 2010 - DEFERRALS/NO-SHOWS

2010-04-29T00:02:00.000+01:00

The following HCAP Candidates, although eligible to participate in the HCAP Range Test which took place on Saturday 24 April 2010, either deferred with notification, or did not attend.

They will remain eligible to participate in the next scheduled Range Test on Saturday 28 August 2010 but will not be carried forward indefinitely. It is a rule of the Certification process that Candidates must complete the process within 180 days of sitting their MCQ, otherwise they are required to re-commence the process.

This rule is implemented except where there is good and valid reason for deferral, notified to the Deer Alliance in advance of any scheduled Range Test.

Notified Deferrals were received in good time from some of the Candidates listed below. It is not necessary for those Candidates to contact the Deer Alliance at this time. They will be required to participate in the next Range Test on 28 August 2010, or to renew their deferrals.

Other Candidates who did not notify a deferral are recommended to contact the Deer Alliance by email (hcap@ireland.com) or text message (086 1927 845) now, to avoid de-listing or the requirement to re-commence the certification process.

Stephen Kiely, 2009/0177
Al Butler, 2007/0091
Philip Fitzgerald, 2010/0006
Joseph C. Flynn, 2010/0015
Michael Mansfield, 2010/0019
Emmet O’Donnell, 2010/0020
Don Fenlon, 2010/0050
Desmond Doyle, 2010/0022
Adrian Noonan, 2010/0079
Seamus Commons, 2010/0080
Stephen O’Connell, 2010/0081
Eamon Heatherington, 2010/0088
Shane Lee, 2010/0092
William Egan, 2007/0200
Edward Costelloe, 2007/0105
John Lalor, 2009/0078
Allen Furlong, 2009/0075
James Greaves, 2009/0080
Kevin Birchall, 2009/0086
Robert Hutchinson, 2009/0108
Patrick Scallon, 2009/0060
Kieran Cornyn, 2008/0137
Gregory O’Doherty, 2009/0021
Michael Ryan, 2005/01/0015
James E. P. Ryan, 2009/0187
Stuart Kirwan, 2009/0194
Roy Collier, 2009/0216
James Flynn, 2009/0132
Josette Galligan, 2009/0206
J. P. Galligan, 2009/0207
Darren Hanlon, 2007/0085
John Magee, 2007/0090

WILDLIFE (AMENDMENT) BILL 2010

2010-04-28T23:05:00.000+01:00

The Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2010 has been published. Its principal purpose is to make it illegal to hunt deer with two or more dogs. The Bill provides in a new section 23A that a person, including the holder of a licence or permission granted under the Wildlife Act, who hunts deer with two or more dogs shall be guilty of an offence. It shall not be an offence for a person to hunt deer with two or more dogs, pursuant to a permission granted under section 42 of this Act, where it is a term of such permission that dogs may be used to hunt deer.

While the Bill is intended to outlaw hunting the carted stag with hounds (such as practised by the Ward Union Hunt), it may well have unintended consequences for other licensed deer hunters.

It is a requirement of the standard Coillte forestry licence that hunters must have access to a trained dog for purposes of tracking and recovering shot deer. Access to a trained dog is recommended best practice for all deer hunters under the Deer Alliance Hunter Competence Assessment Programme (HCAP). It is unclear whether the Bill will have implications for hunters in this context.

It is understood that participating deer organisations are reviewing the implications of the Bill, if any.

The full text of the Bill is available through the following link:

http://www.environ.ie/en/Heritage/NationalParksandWildlife/RHLegislation/FileDownLoad,22746,en.pdf

COMBINED LIST OF HCAP-CERTIFIED CANDIDATES, 2005-2010

2010-04-28T18:01:00.001+01:00

The following is a full list of all candidates deemed HCAP-Certified from August 17, 2005 (first Range Test after commencement of programme) to April 24, 2010 (most recent Range Test).

A total of 736 (seven hundred and thirty-six) candidates have now, as at April 24, 2010, passed both stages of the HCAP Certification process (MCQ and Range Test) and are deemed HCAP-Certified.

The figure of 736 represents approximately 85% of the total number of candidates assessed to date.

(Listed in reverse order from April 2010 to August 2005)
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The following 84 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on 24 April 2010 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Thomas Noble, 2010/0095
Martin McDaid, 2010/0096
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, 2010/0027
James Duggan, 2006/0077
Jack Roest, 2007/0116
Tom McGrath, 2010/0001
John O’Brien, 2010/0002
Lorcan Mulhern, 2010/0003
James J. Devine, 2010/0005
Victor Quirke, 2010/0007
Kieran Begadon, 2010/0008
Eugene Ryan, 2010/0009
John Greene, 2010/0010
Maurice M. Quirke, 2010/0011
Kieran Byrne, 2010/0012
John McSweeney, 2010/0013
Matt Murphy, 2010/0014
Edward Murphy, 2010/0016
Justin Collins, 2010/0017
Robert Collins, 2010/0018
Noel Power, 2010/0023
Geoffrey McKenna, 2010/0024
Alan Neary, 2010/0025
Philip McCarron, 2010/0026
Padraig Murphy, 2010/0029
Paul Doran, 2010/0030
John Sheehy, 2010/0031
Shane Flynn, 2010/0032
Nicolas Codoul, 2010/0034
Anthony Byrne, 2010/0035
Kornel Czene, 2010/0036
James Walsh, 2009/0160
Harry Hannon, 2010/0004
Jose Gallardo, 2010/0028
John Maher, 2010/0039
Patrick Furlong, 2010/0040
Declan Maher, 2010/0041
Gerard O’Reilly, 2010/0042
James O’Neill, 2010/0043
Ronan Maher, 2010/0044
John Reddy, 2010/0045
Colin Cahill, 2010/0046
Shane O’Neill, 2010/0047
Jonathan Walsh, 2010/0049
John Mulhall, 2010/0051
Shane Kavanagh, 2010/0052
Martin Curran, 2010/0053
Mark Bannon, 2010/0056
Denis O’Sullivan, 2009/0087
John McGowan, 2010/0021
Stephane Fouere, 2009/0006
Paul Rochford, 2010/0055
Mark Whelan, 2010/0057
Dan McKenna, 2010/0060
Clive Clarke, 2010/0061
Tom Sparing, 2010/0062
Gavan Barry, 2010/0063
George Kingston, 2010/0064
Ray Sampson, 2010/0070
Tom O’Donnell, 2010/0071
Paddy Hartnett, 2010/0073
Michael Coughlan, 2010/0076
Colm Magill, 2010/0077
Barry Magan, 2010/0082
James Barrett, 2010/0084
Richard McGrath, 2010/0087
Desmond Geraghty, 2010/0089
Mark Slevin, 2010/0090
Terry Moore, 2010/0093
David Dunne, 2010/0094
Barth O’Keeffe, 2010/0097
Tom Fahy, 2009/0164
Anthony Dempsey, 2009/0186
John Foy, 2009/0111
Liam Glynn, 2009/0027
Nigel Cody, 2009/0002
John Manley, 2007/0095
Anthony Doran, 2010/0038
James Flynn, 2009/0132
Patrick McManus, 2009/0138
Colm Kingston, 2008/0145
Dermot Waters, 2010/0086
Norman Mulvaney, 2010/0083
Conall Brennan, 2009/0033

HCAP CERTIFIED CANDIDATES, 26 SEPTEMBER 2009

The following 83 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on 26 September 2009 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Frances Lynch, 2009/0153
Patrick McBride, 2009/0090
Nigel McBride, 2009/0091
Joseph McBride, 2009/0092
Liam Nolan (Thurles), 2009/0073
Simon Steele, 2008/0155
Rory Hogan, 2009/0168
Patrick Dodrill , 2009/0133
Cornelis van Bladel, 2008/0159
Eoin Gillespie, 2009/0010
Seppi Hona, 2009/0118
Mark Turley, 2009/0146
John O’Donnell, 2008/0002
Des Crofton, 2007/0014
Brian McGleenon, 2009/0136
Jeff Banks, 2009/0121
Steven Spillane, 2009/0145
Stephen Buckley, 2009/0018
Stefan Ritzen, 2009/0011
Ciaran Nugent, 2009/0049
Conor Dennedy, 2009/0116
Pat Kelly, 2009/0117
Seamus J. McKeogh, 2009/0120
James Armitage, 2008/0074
Patrick Carey, 2008/0153
Jonathan Blackmore, 2008/0154
Maurice Cunningham, 2009/0147
William Fitzpatrick, 2009/0149
Michael McGrath, 2009/0150
Kevin Gahan, 2009/0159
Jeremy Nicholson, 2009/0165
Brian Murphy, 2009/0166
Aidan Murphy , 2009/0167
Gerard Long, 2006/0034
Jonathan Corban, 2009/0169
Bob Dineen , 2009/0180
Diarmuid Maher, 2009/0182
Che Convery, 2009/0170
Ger Hickey, 2009/0171
Denis Barry, 2009/0172
Stephen McKeever, 2009/0173
Reno Batog, 2009/0174
Michael O’Leary, 2009/0178
Sarah Corbett, 2009/0183
Thomas Fraughen, 2009/0184
John McDermott, 2009/0188
Jim Leigh, 2009/0189
James Pettit, 2008/0146
John Pettit, 2008/0147
James Fitzharris, 2009/0015
John Dunne, 2009/0151
John Guthrie, 2008/0152
James Walsh, 2008/0135
Paul O’Brien, 2009/0102
Michael P. Rowan, 2009/0152
Stephen Cassidy, 2009/0154
Nicholas Ward, 2009/0155
Seamus Timmons, 2009/0156
Robert Daly, 2009/0161
Ian Fleming, 2009/0162
Colin Power, 2009/0007
Martin Halloran, 2009/0175
Martin Daly, 2009/0176
Brendan Kennedy, 2009/0013
Sean Anthony Byrne, 2009/0009
Said Tribek, 2009/0212
Aidan Murphy, 2009/0185
John Willoughby, 2009/0190
John Foxton, 2009/0195
Clive Jackson, 2009/0196
Alan Crooke, 2009/0197
Paul Clinch, 2009/0198
William Kirwan, 2009/0105
Mick McWilliams, 2009/0204
Jim Doyle, 2009/0205
Francis Daly, 2009/0208
Patrick Pettit, 2009/0202
Pat Farren, 2009/0203
Jamie Nolan, 2009/0209
Joe McDonagh, 2009/0200
George Gordon Bass, 2009/0213
Robert Moulton, 2009/0215
David Byrne, 2009/0062

The following 105 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on June 27, 2009 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Gerry Houlihan, 2007/0205
Patrick Moriarty, 2008/0072
Trevor Davis, 2007/0063
John Flynn, 2007/0071
John Kelly, 2008/0139
Vahe Bogossian , 2008/0117
Brian Upton, 2009/0003
Bernard Stokes, 2009/0004
Eamonn Giblin, 2007/0180
Brendan Cleere, 2009/0079
Paul Bowler, 2009/0020
Peter Moylan, 2009/0025
Noel Morrin, 2009/0034
Gerard Cummins, 2009/0036
Declan Mortimer, 2008/0079
Michael Gibbons, 2009/0039
Gerard O’Connor, 2009/0046
John Murphy, 2009/0054
Robert Heneghan, 2009/0055
Fred Moore, 2009/0056
Breffni Archer, 2009/0057
Patrick G. O’Doherty, 2009/0059
Enda Moynihan, 2008/0151
Tadgh O’Keeffe, 2009/0016
Michael Fitzhenry, 2009/0023
John Joe Cullotty, 2009/0028
Michael Gottstein, 2009/0051
Robert Nugent, 2009/0029
John Geoghegan, 2009/0094
Donal Delaney, 2009/0032
David O’Doherty, 2009/0038
Kenneth O’Brien, 2009/0030
Mark Rylands, 2009/0041
Eddie O’Brien, 2008/0059
Derek Stamp, 2009/0043
Keith McCleane, 2009/0044
Martin Fleming, 2009/0050
Kevin O’Sullivan, 2009/0049
Pat Brennan, 2009/0061
Annraoi Milner, 2009/0063
William Ireland, 2009/0064
Kevin J. McCarthy, 2009/0065
Kevin O’Sullivan, 2009/0066
Raymond McCarthy, 2009/0067
Patrick Fleming, 2009/0069
Joseph Darcy, 2009/0070
Frank McCarthy, 2009/0071
Michael Heffernan, 2009/0072
Dermot Hayes, 2009/0100
John Joe Maher, 2009/0074
Nevin Hindle, 2009/0076
Michael Watkins, 2008/0077
Michael Corbett, 2009/0068
Paul Fletcher, 2009/0040
Thomas Brennan, 2009/0083
Andrew Kelly, 2009/0084
John Doran, 2009/0085
Aidan O’Sullivan, 2009/0089
Sean Rigley, 2009/0109
Willie Barry, 2008/0140
John Brennan, 2009/0097
Daniel O’Flaherty, 2008/0129
Robert Jordan, 2009/0008
Finbar Buttimer, 2009/0019
Paul McFadden, 2009/0052
Richard Young, 2009/0081
Denis O’Conor, 2009/0101
Oliver Naughton, 2009/0103
Donal Keegan, 2008/0158
Eddie Goggin, 2009/0095
Anthony Gilbert, 2009/0113
John O’Donoghue, 2009/0115
Rahul Rana, 2009/0112
John McGrory, 2008/0160
Tom Noonan, 2009/0093
Pearse O’Shannon, 2009/0047
Mark Deery, 2009/0048
Simon Gummer, 2009/0107
Jim Gannon, 2009/0110
Tony St. Leger, 2009/0082
Brendan M. Rohan, 2009/0122
Niall Brady, 2009/0127
Michael Boyle, 2009/0128
Jason Moore, 2009/0129
Donald Flanagan, 2009/0130
Lorcan Dodrill, 2009/0134
Sean Carlin, 2009/0137
David Shannon, 2009/0139
Kevin Barber, 2009/0141
Neil Gallagher, 2009/0142
John Hederman, 2009/0143
Michael Kane, 2009/0144
James Finlay, 2009/0104
Eoin McSweeney, 2009/0078
William Bolger, 2008/0027
Liam Jennings, 2009/0031
Billie O’Regan, 2008/0067
Mary O’Regan, 2008/0068
James Smith, 2009/0075
John Fortune, 2008/0134
Douglas Culligan, 2009/0037
John Leech, 2008/0007
Eamonn Wall, 2008/0086
Richard Slattery, 2008/0149
Fergus Kent, 2009/0104

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The following 23 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on October 18, 2008 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Diarmuid Murphy, 2007/0178
James Nolan, 2007/0061
Alan Hassett, 2008/0069
Kevin Vaughan, 2008/0156
Padraic Prunty, 2008/0157
David Bogossian, 2008/0116
Tom Quinn, 2008/0118
Eamonn Shannon, 2008/0119
Gerard Halligan 2008/0120
Eamon Mongan, 2008/0123
Brian Mongan, 2008/0124
Seamus Duffy, 2008/0126
Maurice Barry, 2008/0127
Brian O’Flaherty, 2008/0131
Anton Moran, 2008/0132
Frank Moran, 2008/0133
Leo Seery, 2008/0141
Ger O’Donovan, 2008/0142
Ian Stubbs, 2008/0144
Patrick Brennan, 2008/0046
Michael Browne, 2008/0073
George Gaffney, 2007/0099
Thomas O’Loughlin, 2008/0005

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The following 4 Candidates are deemed HCAP-Certified following a Range Test held on September 9, 2008 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

David Gunning, 2008/0110
Tim Crowley, 2008/0112
John Dwyer, 2008/0113
Anne Fitzpatrick, 2008/0114
Irene O'Brien, 2008/0115
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The following 49 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on July 19, 2008 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Alan Young, 2008/0089
Sean Cummins, 2008/0039
Niall Whitely, 2008/0008
Peter Crinion, 2007/0060
John Lambert, 2007/0088
Emmet Nolan, 2006/0060
Matthew Nolan,2006/0126
David Dowd, 2008/0001
Andrew Ryan, 2007/0096
Cillian Doyle, 2007/0100
Darren Flynn, 2007/0070
Paul Hayes, 2007/0100
Michael Reynolds, 2008/0013
Alan Fogarty, 2008/0014
Derick Matthews, 2008/0015
Robbie Forde,2007/0069
Michael Nolan, 2007/0089
James C. Hogan, 2008/0016
John Crawley, 2007/0201
Dan McCarthy (Snr), 2008/0011
Daniel McCarthy (Jnr, 2008/0012
Ger O’Brien, 2008/0043
James K. Fennelly, 2008/0063
Thomas Fox, 2008/0080
Fiona Kane, 2008/0081
Arthur Baker, 2008/0083
Donal Neville, 2008/0085
Martin James Hughes, 2005/02/0011
Wayne Byrne, 2008/0087
Walter Byrne, 2008/0088
Pat Hagan, 2008/0096
Jeremy Ryan, 2008/0090
Ian McCulloch, 2008/0092
George O‘Malley, 2008/0094
Thomas Brady, 2008/0095
James Callaghan, 2008/0051
Gerard McDonnell, 2007/0136
Jerry Fogarty, 2006/0016
John Nolan, 2006/0125
Shane Egan, 2008/0098
Alan Egan, 2008/0099
John Hamilton, 2008/0100
Richard Tyrrell, 2008/0101
Colm Flynn, 2008/0102
Liam O’Shaughnessy, 2007/0107
Pat Delaney, 2008/0104
Michael Ferguson, 2008/0106
Andrew Ironside, 2008/0109
Michael Tyrrell, 2008/0082
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The following 3 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on the dates indicated (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Michael Fenlon, (July 30, 2008)
Jerry Scully, 2007/0184 (July 11, 2008)
Nikolai Burkart, 2005/04/0001 (May 23, 2008).
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The following 61 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on April 26, 2008 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Joe Turley Jnr., 2007/0204
Paul Kelly, 2007/0191
Louise Lally, 2007/0122
Leo Croke, 2007/0174
John Bolger, 2007/0175
Santino Rea, 2007/0019
Anthony Thomas, 2007/0186
James Davis-Goff, 2007/0177
Richard Power, 2007/0199
Thomas Melia, 2007/0197
Pat Hennessy, 2007/0187
John Lloyd, 2007/0198
Sam Boxwell, 2008/0003
Patrick O‘Keeffe, 2008/0009
Joseph Kane, 2008/0019
Christopher Murray, 2007/0184
Liam McDevitt, 2007/0196
Joachim Schaefer, 2008/0006
Brendan Duffy, 2008/0017
Gerry McNulty, 2008/0018
Bartley Connolly, 2007/0112
Patrick Condon, 2008/0021
Leonard Stewart, 2008/0026
Fergal Madden, 2008/0028
Enda Coffey, 2008/0030
Veronika Höna, 2008/0033
Gerd Höna, 2008/0034
Tommy Doyle, 2008/0035
Martin Lawless, 2007/0130
Michael Lawless, 2008/0037
Patrick Power, 2007/0185
Paul Walsh, 2007/0181
Pat Kiely, 2007/0190
Michael Sadlier, 2007/0188
Brian Blackmore, 2007/0176
Alan Sherwood, 2008/0004
Ronald Mupfupi, 2008/0023
David Scott, 2008/0024
Charles Spence, 2008/0025
Billy Meehan, 2008/0031
Gerard O’Sullivan, 2008/0032
Benny O’Dea, 2008/0038
Gerard Brady, 2008/0040
Philip Ryan, 2008/0045
Avalon O’Keeffe, 2008/0047
Dan Quinlan, 2008/0049
Mike Power, 2008/0050
Daniel Bourke, 2008/0052
Sean Harding, 2008/0053
Paul Walsh, 2008/0056
John Walsh, 2008/0057
Barth O’Keeffe, 2008/0061
James O’Keeffe, 2008/0062
Brian O’Connor, 2008/0064
Neil Carey, 2008/0065
Paul Burke, 2008/0066
John Murphy, 2008/0070
Allen Furlong, 2008/0075
John Lalor, 2008/0078
James Greaves, 2008/0080
Patrick Temple, 2007/0189
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The following 22 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on October 27, 2007 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Frank Parsons, 2007/0121
Jonathan Baguley, 2007/0013
Oliver Kierse, 2007/0041 cert sent
David Brady, 2007/0064
Gerald Brady, 2007/0062
Gareth Byrne, 2007/0173
Tom Bates, 2007/0147
Ben Smeele, 2007/0192
Jason Doyle, 2007/0057
Leo Willeboordese, 2007/0179
Eugene McCosker, 2007/0193
Alan Lutton, 2007/0202
Paul Foley, 2007/0194
Colin White, 2007/0159
Francis Cullen, 2007/0170
John Hennessy, 2005/03/0001
Dave Tracey, 2007/0001
Philip Hickey, 2006/0122
Colm Duggan, 2007/0008
Michael Nestor, 2007/0140
John Bates, 2007/0051
Joe Turley Snr., 2007/0203
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The following 68 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on August 25, 2007 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Ion Hamilton, 2007/0044
Peter Townsend, 2007/0017
Jack Schots, 2007/0034
Pat O‘Keeffe, 2007/0033
James Somers, 2007/0053
Richard Adams, 2007/0009
Des O’Neill, 2007/0007
Willie Roche, 2007/0006
Marcin Zielinski, 2007/0078
Liam McGarry Jnr., 2007/0012
Brendan Earls, 2006/0055
Keelan MacMoorland, 2007/0016
Jason Conway, 2007/0036
T. Samuel Birch, 2007/0115
Paul Spillane, 2007/0171
Andy Bourne, 2007/0131
Robin Heathcote, 2007/0134
Alan Morrissey, 2007/0084
Martin Bolger, 2007/0138
Thomas McDonald, 2007/0139
Stephen O‘Reilly, 2007/0141
Sean O’Reilly, 2007/0142
Derek Kenny, 2007/0144
Brian Moore, 2007/0106
Eunan McCrossan, 2007/0108
Joe McBrearty, 2007/0109
John McCrossan, 2007/0111
Gerald Duffy, 2007/0113
Seamus Heraty, 2007/0117
Donal McMenamin, 2007/0118
Patrick Doherty, 2007/0119
Stephen Moore, 2007/0120
Noel Spillane, 2007/0172
David Kyles, 2007/0124
James Murrin, 2007/0125
Eugene McLaughlin, 2007/0126
Alan Coyle, 2007/0127
Shaun Feeney, 2007/0128
Hugh Haughey, 2007/0129
Michael Byrne, 2007/0054
James Hanrahan, 2007/0056
Liam Jenkinson, 2007/0145
Tom Byrne, 2007/0058
John Martin, 2007/0146
Tom Clinton, 2007/0073
Nick Murphy, 2007/0148
Ben Horan, 2007/0149
John Harrington, 2007/0150
Declan Doyle, 2007/0152
Wayne Gregory, 2007/0153
Kevin O’Reilly, 2007/0154
Edward Jenkinson, 2007/0155
James Jenkinson, 2007/0156
Keith Doyle, 2007/0157
Mark Doyle, 2007/0158
Darren Duffy, 2007/0160
Anthony Walsh, 2007/0162
John Phelan, 2007/0164
Nicky Kelly, 2007/0165
Stephen Moxley, 2007/0167
Desmond Lambert, 2007/0168
Patrick Ward, 2007/0169
Noel Breen, 2007/0059
Pat Kavanagh, 2007/0080
Jamie Heffernan, 2007/0052
Patrick Byrne, 2005/01/0011
Kevin Brooks, 2007/0015
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The following 43 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on June 30, 2007 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Paul Martin, 2006/0109
Stephen Ward, 2006/0110
Noel McCarthy, 2006/0118
Peter Kiely, 2007/0032
John Doyle, 2007/0002
Sean Doyle, 2007/0003
Diarmuid Doyle, 2007/0004
Piero Rasini, 2007/0050
Ken Doherty, 2007/0103
Thomas Murphy, 2007/0010
Genaro Di Nardi, 2007/0011
Simon Martin, 2007/0018
Rocco Di Nardi, 2007/0021
Francis Mueller, 2007/0023
Patrick Molloy, 2007/0024
Matt Condon, 2007/0025
Noel O’Leary, 2007/0027
Tim Foley, 2007/0028
Peter Jackson, 2007/0029
Paul Kiely 2007/0030
William O‘Meara, 2007/0031
Barry Raymond, 2007/0035
John Liddy, 2007/0039
Liam Browne, 2007/0040
Kurt Ecker, 2007/0042
John O’Mahony, 2007/0043
Bill Dawes, 2007/0045
Edmund Graef, 2007/0046
Alan Clarke, 2007/0047
Martin O’Rourke, 2005/01/0008
Andrew McKeever, 2007/0048
Charles Nielsen, 2007/0072
John Duggan, 2007/0074
Patrick Creane, 2007/0075
Sean Creane, 2007/0076
Brian Binions, 2007/0077
Paul Mernagh, 2007/0079
John Wickham, 2007/0092
Kevin Gallagher, 2007/0098
Michael Larkin, 2007/0102
Patrick Kinsella. 2006/0117
Seamus Whelan, 2006/0116
Owen Kelly, 2007/0104

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The following 20 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on August 14, 2006 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Tom Lyons, 2006/0111
Arie J. van der Wel Snr., 2006/0115
John A. Curtis, 2006/0120
Richard Flynn, 2006/0064
Philip Coffey, 2006/0069
Tommy O’Brien, 2006/0121
Eoin Doherty, 2006/0123
Frank Rowan, 2006/0105
Frank Doyle, 2006/0106
John Crothers, 2006/0107
Owen McNaughton, 2006/0041
Rodgie Whelan, 2006/0085
Des Flynn, 2006/0071
Paul Hogan, 2006/0061
Denis Sheehan, 2006/0025
Dermot Long, 2006/0033
Tony Doody, 2005/01/0019
Stephen Creech, 2005/01/0006
John Kenna, 2005/05/0012
Dave Canty, 2006/0022

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The following 60 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on July 3, 2006 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Michael McGuirk, 2006/0039
Gerard Linehan, 2006/0007
Graham Keane, 2005/05/0011
Derek O’Brien, 2005/03/0010
Pierce O’Brien, 2005/03/0023
Noel McCoy, 2005/03/0009
Finbarr O’Donovan, 2006/0084
Aengus O’Donovan, 2006/0089
John McCarthy, 2006/0103
Brendan Sweeney, 2006/0097
Michael Whelan, 2006/0036
David Rooney, 2006/0037
Joseph Daly, 2006/0038
Giles Gildea, 2006/0040
Ivan Stronge, 2006/0021
Derek Ward, 2006/0042
William Allen, 2006/0043
Maurice Allen, 2006/0044
Laurence (Larry) Taaffe, 2006/0045
Daniel O’Loughlin, 2006/0047
Tom Delaney, 2006/0048
Mel Doyle, 2006/0051
William Tighe, 2006/0052
Billy Nolan, 2006/0053
Paul McAuley, 2006/0062
Joseph Doyle, 2006/0018
Jim O’Brien, 2006/0057
Eamonn Lyons, 2006/0058
Aidan O’Brien, 2006/0059
Terry O’Hanlon, 2006/0063
Vincent Whelan, 2006/0065
Vincent Coffey, 2006/0066
Richard Walsh, 2006/0067
Michael Sammon, 2006/0068
Noel Walsh, 2006/0070
Tom Hennessy, 2006/0073
Killian John Hennessy, 2006/0074
Damien Frisby, 2006/0075
Lee Coffey, 2006/0076
Edward Grant, 2006/0079
Frank Hayden, 2006/0080
Al Swaby, 2005/01/0020
Neil Kelly, 2006/0081
Richard Passberger, 2006/0056
Nicholas Flynn, 2006/0082
Larry Farrell, 2006/0083
Edward Carroll, 2006/0086
John Doyle, 2006/0087
James Tate, 2006/0088
Keith Fennelly, 2006/0090
Michael Bradshaw, 2006/0091
Joe O’Callaghan, 2006/0093
Vince O’Donovan, 2006/0094
Stephen White, 2006/0095
John Ferns, 2006/0096
Jannes Helmholt, 2006/0099
Pat O’Donovan, 2006/0102
Colin Leach, 2006/0108
Don Doran, 2005/02/0010
Andre Passberger, 2006/0100

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The following 45 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on May 4th 2006 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Roddy Moore, 2006/0001
Ahmed R. Salman, 2005/02/0005
Owen Dunne, 2006/0002
Dan Power, 2006/0003
Michael Cleere, 2006/0005
Frank Bass, 2006/0006
John Harris, 2006/0009
Pat Kavanagh, Jnr., 2006/0010
Aidan Canavan, 2006/0011
Brendan Holden, 2006/0013
Brian Murphy, 2006/0014
Seamus Hennessy, 2006/0017
Albie Valentyn, 2005/03/0028
Frank Brady, 2005/04/0006
Alan Doyle, 2005/04/0014
Gerry Lenihan, 2005/01/0027
Damien Hannigan, 2006/0019
Ken Graham, 2005/01/0017
Michael Moloney, 2006/0023
Paul Hogan, 2006/0024
Bill Daly, 2006/0026
Liam Daly, 2006/0027
Peter Maher, 2005/02/0020
Tony Dunne, 2006/0029
John Connelly, 2005/05/0024
Paddy Cahill, 2006/0031
John Clooney, 2006/0032
Alan Duke, 2006/0015
Nicholas Owens, 2006/0008
Walter Barry, 2006/0004
John O’Grady, 2006/0012
Matt Wilson, 2006/0035
Stephen Dunn, 2005/05/0009
Camilla Sjostrand, 2005/05/0018
John J. Jackson, 2005/05/0018
Wayne O’Hea, 2005/01/0032
John Creedon, 2005/01/0033
Paul Wood, 2005/04/0002
Edward Minihan, 2005/04/0015
Ivan O’Neill, 2006/0030
Peter Hunt, 2005/04/0010
Ross Hunt, 2005/04/0011
Sean Coady, 2006/0020
Seamus Doheny, 2006/0028
John Morehead, 2005/01/0013
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The following 27 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on February 8th 2006 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Frank Byrne, 2005/03/0013
Declan Keogh, 2005/03/0014
Philip Blake, 2005/03/0005
Michael Kane, 2005/05/0001
Anthony Ward, 2005/05/0005
John Fenton, 2005/05/0007
Murtagh Murphy, 2005/05/0008
Sean O’Carolan, 2005/02/0002
Vincent Maguire, 2005/05/0013
Murtagh Logan, 2005/05/0017
Franz Waldburg, 2005/04/0018
Tom Stewart, 2005/05/0021
Barry Coad, 2005/01/0002
Wesley Atkinson, 2005/01/0003
Rob Simpson, 2005/05/0022
Damien Clarke, 2005/05/0023
Luigi Iafrate, 2005/03/0016
Michael Lynham, 2005/04/0019
Neil Forde, 2005/02/0015
David Kelly, 2005/03/0025
Anthony Buckley, 2005/01/0016
Michael Cunningham, 2005/04/0005
Craig McCleane, 2005/04/0007
George Albert Foster, 2005/03/0015
Michael MacGiolla Coda, 2005/03/0018
Conal Byrne, 2005/04/0012
Liam Houston, 2005/03/0004
Liam M. Nolan, 2005/01/0001
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The following 32 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on October 17th 2005 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Dominic Byrne, 2005/01/0012
Tony Tang, 2005/02/0001
Hugh Hogan, 2005/02/0003
Ian Alcock, 2005/02/0004
Paul Cullen, 2005/02/0009
Dominic O’Hea, 2005/01/0031
Joe Melia, 2005/01/0007
Jonathan Murphy, 2005/01/0009
Liam McGarry, 2005/02/0019)
Jim Walsh, 2005/03/0007
Tommy Kelly, 2005/02/0012
Thomas Kelly, 2005/02/0013
John Donohue, 2005/01/0024
Mitchel Symes, 2005/02/0018
Tom Grace, 2005/01/0035
William Auld, 2005/02/0017
Jim Daly, 2005/04/0003
David Daly, 2005/04/0004
Billy Sheridan, 2005/04/0009
Pat White, 2005/04/0017
Mark Quinlan, 2005/04/0021
Martin Reddy, 2005/02/0007
Dermot Reddy, 2005/02/0008
Brian Shaw, 2005/02/0006
Turlough Nolan, 2005/03/0002
Jack Nolan, 2005/03/0003
David Gardiner, 2005/03/0006
Denis Horgan, 2005/03/0017
Pat Keogh, 2005/03/0019
Peter Duggan 2005/03/0020
Joe Murphy, 2005/03/0026
Brendan Considine, 2005/03/0027

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The following 7 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on August 17th 2005 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Kevin O’Shea, 2005/01/0010)
John Smyth, 2005/01/0014)
Brian Nolan, 2005/01/0022
Liam Good, 2005/01/0025
Larry Ryan, 2005/01/0028
Pat Scully, 2005/01/0029)
Seamus Bennett, 2005/01/0030)

HCAP CERTIFIED CANDIDATES, 24 APRIL 2010

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The following 84 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on 24 April 2010 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Thomas Noble, 2010/0095
Martin McDaid, 2010/0096
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, 2010/0027
James Duggan, 2006/0077
Jack Roest, 2007/0116
Tom McGrath, 2010/0001
John O’Brien, 2010/0002
Lorcan Mulhern, 2010/0003
James J. Devine, 2010/0005
Victor Quirke, 2010/0007
Kieran Begadon, 2010/0008
Eugene Ryan, 2010/0009
John Greene, 2010/0010
Maurice M. Quirke, 2010/0011
Kieran Byrne, 2010/0012
John McSweeney, 2010/0013
Matt Murphy, 2010/0014
Edward Murphy, 2010/0016
Justin Collins, 2010/0017
Robert Collins, 2010/0018
Noel Power, 2010/0023
Geoffrey McKenna, 2010/0024
Alan Neary, 2010/0025
Philip McCarron, 2010/0026
Padraig Murphy, 2010/0029
Paul Doran, 2010/0030
John Sheehy, 2010/0031
Shane Flynn, 2010/0032
Nicolas Codoul, 2010/0034
Anthony Byrne, 2010/0035
Kornel Czene, 2010/0036
James Walsh, 2009/0160
Harry Hannon, 2010/0004
Jose Gallardo, 2010/0028
John Maher, 2010/0039
Patrick Furlong, 2010/0040
Declan Maher, 2010/0041
Gerard O’Reilly, 2010/0042
James O’Neill, 2010/0043
Ronan Maher, 2010/0044
John Reddy, 2010/0045
Colin Cahill, 2010/0046
Shane O’Neill, 2010/0047
Jonathan Walsh, 2010/0049
John Mulhall, 2010/0051
Shane Kavanagh, 2010/0052
Martin Curran, 2010/0053
Mark Bannon, 2010/0056
Denis O’Sullivan, 2009/0087
John McGowan, 2010/0021
Stephane Fouere, 2009/0006
Paul Rochford, 2010/0055
Mark Whelan, 2010/0057
Dan McKenna, 2010/0060
Clive Clarke, 2010/0061
Tom Sparing, 2010/0062
Gavan Barry, 2010/0063
George Kingston, 2010/0064
Ray Sampson, 2010/0070
Tom O’Donnell, 2010/0071
Paddy Hartnett, 2010/0073
Michael Coughlan, 2010/0076
Colm Magill, 2010/0077
Barry Magan, 2010/0082
James Barrett, 2010/0084
Richard McGrath, 2010/0087
Desmond Geraghty, 2010/0089
Mark Slevin, 2010/0090
Terry Moore, 2010/0093
David Dunne, 2010/0094
Barth O’Keeffe, 2010/0097
Tom Fahy, 2009/0164
Anthony Dempsey, 2009/0186
John Foy, 2009/0111
Liam Glynn, 2009/0027
Nigel Cody, 2009/0002
John Manley, 2007/0095
Anthony Doran, 2010/0038
James Flynn, 2009/0132
Patrick McManus, 2009/0138
Colm Kingston, 2008/0145
Dermot Waters, 2010/0086
Norman Mulvaney, 2010/0083
Conall Brennan, 2009/0033

HCAP RANGE TEST, SATURDAY 24 APRIL 2010 - ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES

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The following is a list of Candidates eligible for the HCAP Range Test to be held at Midland National Shooting Range (MRC), Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly on Saturday April 24th 2010.

Note that Firing Details are scheduled in 45-minute segments commencing at 10 a.m. sharp, with a break for Range Officials, 1 – 2 p.m. approximately. Each Detail comprises 16 shooters. Candidates can estimate their start time by dividing the list below into 16-person groups, but subject always to No-Shows and late Deferrals on the day. Names are listed in accordance with designated start times i.e. first 16 names are intended to shoot at 10.00 a.m. sharp, second 16 at 10.45 a.m. sharp, and so on. First and Second Firing Detail Candidates are required to be present on the Windmill Range at MRC from 9.45 a.m. All Candidates are recommended to attend from the beginning of the day, to avail of slots which may open up due to No-Shows and late Deferrals.

Candidates are reminded that they are required to show evidence of current insurance cover in order to be permitted to shoot. Firearms owners are also as a matter of law required to carry their Firearms Certificates with them, covering "possession, use and carriage" of firearms.

The list includes Repeat Candidates and Deferred Candidates from previous Range Tests, and successful Candidates from the HCAP MCQs in Waterford (7 February 2010), Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny (6 March 2010) and Cahir, Co. Tipperary (27 March 2010). Candidates who may be unable to participate in this Range Test must advise Liam Nolan, by text to tel. 086 1927 845, by email to hcap@ireland.com, immediately. The next scheduled Range Test after 24 April is 28 August 2010.

Firing Detail Start Times are approximate. Lunch Break 1-2 p.m. will be at the discretion of Chief Range Official Pat Scully.

Assistants to Chief Range Official: Liam McGarry Snr., Liam McGarry Jnr., John Flynn, John Connelly

All Candidates are required to sign in at Main Clubhouse before proceeding to the Windmill Range. All successful Candidates should report to Liam Nolan to receive their HCAP Certificate before leaving the ground. All Candidates will be issued with a Pass/Fail notification after shooting, which they must present to Liam Nolan before leaving the ground.

Candidates who fail the Range Test may, if time permits and at the discretion of the Chief Range Official, have one further attempt, subject to payment of additional Repeat Fee €25.00.

First Detail, 10 a.m.

Thomas Noble, 2010/0095
Martin McDaid, 2010/0096
Diarmuid Rossa Phelan, 2010/0027
Ross Styles, 2009/0210
Stephen Kiely, 2009/0177
Al Butler, 2007/0091
James Duggan, 2006/0077
Jack Roest, 2007/0116
Tom McGrath, 2010/0001
John O’Brien, 2010/0002
Lorcan Mulhern, 2010/0003
James J. Devine, 2010/0005
Philip Fitzgerald, 2010/0006
Victor Quirke, 2010/0007
Kieran Begadon, 2010/0008
Eugene Ryan, 2010/0009

Second Detail, 10.45 a.m.

John Greene, 2010/0010
Maurice M. Quirke, 2010/0011
Kieran Byrne, 2010/0012
John McSweeney, 2010/0013
Matt Murphy, 2010/0014
Joseph C. Flynn, 2010/0015
Edward Murphy, 2010/0016
Justin Collins, 2010/0017
Robert Collins, 2010/0018
Michael Mansfield, 2010/0019
Emmet O’Donnell, 2010/0020
Noel Power, 2010/0023
Geoffrey McKenna, 2010/0024
Alan Neary, 2010/0025
Philip McCarron, 2010/0026
Padraig Murphy, 2010/0029

Third Detail, 11.30 a.m.

Paul Doran, 2010/0030
John Sheehy, 2010/0031
Shane Flynn, 2010/0032
Nicolas Codoul, 2010/0034
Anthony Byrne, 2010/0035
Kornel Czene, 2010/0036
James Walsh, 2009/0160
Harry Hannon, 2010/0004
Jose Gallardo, 2010/0028
John Maher, 2010/0039
Patrick Furlong, 2010/0040
Declan Maher, 2010/0041
Gerard O’Reilly, 2010/0042
James O’Neill, 2010/0043
Ronan Maher, 2010/0044
John Reddy, 2010/0045
Colin Cahill, 2010/0046

Fourth Detail, 12.15 a.m.

Shane O’Neill, 2010/0047
Jonathan Walsh, 2010/0049
Don Fenlon, 2010/0050
John Mulhall, 2010/0051
Shane Kavanagh, 2010/0052
Martin Curran, 2010/0053
Mark Bannon, 2010/0056
Denis O’Sullivan, 2009/0087
John McGowan, 2010/0021
Desmond Doyle, 2010/0022
Stephane Fouere, 2009/0006
Paul Rochford, 2010/0055
Mark Whelan, 2010/0057
Dan McKenna, 2010/0060
Clive Clarke, 2010/0061
Tom Sparing, 2010/0062

Fifth Detail, 2 p.m.

Gavan Barry, 2010/0063
George Kingston, 2010/0064
Ray Samson, 2010/0070
Tom O’Donnell, 2010/0071
Paddy Hartnett, 2010/0073
Michael Coughlan, 2010/0076
Colm MacGill, 2010/0077
Flavian O’Keeffe, 2010/0078
Adrian Noonan, 2010/0079
Seamus Commons, 2010/0080
Stephen O’Connell, 2010/0081
Barry Magan, 2010/0082
James Barrett, 2010/0084
Richard McGrath, 2010/0087
Eamon Heatherington, 2010/0088
Desmond Geraghty, 2010/0089

Sixth Detail, 2.45 p.m.

Mark Slevin, 2010/0090
Shane Lee, 2010/0092
Terry Moore, 2010/0093
David Dunne, 2010/0094
Barth O’Keeffe, 2010/0097
Tom Fahy, 2009/0164
Anthony Dempsey, 2009/0186
John Foy, 2009/0111
William Egan, 2007/0200
Liam Glynn, 2009/0027
Edward Costelloe, 2007/0105
John Lalor, 2009/0078
Allen Furlong, 2009/0075
James Greaves, 2009/0080
Kevin Birchall, 2009/0086
Robert Hutchinson, 2009/0108

Seventh Detail, 3.30 p.m.

Paul O’Reardon, 2009/0131
Patrick Scallon, 2009/0060
Kieran Cornyn, 2008/0137
Gregory O’Doherty, 2009/0021
Michael Ryan, 2005/01/0015
Brendan Fortune, 2009/0163
Nigel Cody, 2009/0002
James E. P. Ryan, 2009/0187
Stuart Kirwan, 2009/0194
Roy Collier, 2009/0216
James Flynn, 2009/0132
Josette Galligan, 2009/0206
J. P. Galligan, 2009/0207
Darren Hanlon, 2007/0085
John Magee, 2007/0090
John Manley, 2007/0095
Patrick McManus, 2009/0138

Errors & Omissions Excepted - List Subject to Amendment

HCAP RANGE TEST, 24 ARIL 2010

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Previously deferred candidates and repeat candidates from previous HCAP Range Tests intending to participate in the next scheduled Range Test on Saturday 24 April 2010 are required to confirm their intended participation and to forward Repeat Fee €50.00 to the Deer Alliance. PO Box 10, Bray, Co. Wicklow, not later than Friday 16 April 2010.

Successful candidates from MCQs held to date in 2010 will be listed according to date of MCQ in February and March. Full details will be posted here on or about 20 April 2010.

RESULTS OF HCAP MCQ, CAHIR, CO. TIPPERARY, 27 MARCH 2010

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The following candidates were successful in the HCAP MCQ held at Kilcoran Lodge Hotel, Cahir, Co. Tipperary, on Saturday 27 March 2010 and are eligible to participate in the Range Test on Saturday April 24th, 2010 from 10 a.m. at Midland Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (HCAP number, followed by Pass mark achieved):

2008/0145, 88%
2009/0006, 90%
2009/0087, 92%
2010/0021, 84%
2010/0022, 82%
2010/0055, 96%
2010/0057, 94%
2010/0060, 94%
2010/0061, 90%
2010/0062, 92%
2010/0063, 96%
2010/0064, 82%
2010/0070, 94%
2010/0071, 96%
2010/0073, 96%
2010/0076, 94%
2010/0077, 86%
2010/0078, 88%
2010/0079, 92%
2010/0080, 84%
2010/0081, 90%
2010/0082, 84%
2010/0083, 88%
2010/0084, 88%
2010/0086, 88%
2010/0087, 88%
2010/0088, 80%
2010/0089, 80%
2010/0090, 92%
2010/0092, 82%
2010/0093, 86%
2010/0094, 94%
2010/0095, 94%
2010/0096, 94%
2010/0097, 86%

Further details of the Range Test, including Firing Detail Starting Times, will be posted here approximately one week before date of Range Test.

The following candidates (number, followed by mark achieved) were unsuccessful and are required to re-sit and pass the MCQ stage before proceeding to any Range Test. The application fee for repeat candidates is €50.00. MCQ dates and venues are posted periodically on this blog site. “Fail” grades may be appealed to the HCAP Assessment Committee, subject to written application accompanied by re-checking fee, €50.00. Where written application for re-checking is received, it is reviewed by the Committee at the next scheduled Committee meeting following receipt of application.

2010/0059, 76%
2010/0067, 70%
2010/0085, 66%
2010/0091, 64%

DVD – “AFTER THE SHOT” – VENISON PREPARATION, PRODUCED BY GERD HÖNA

2010-04-06T11:10:00.000+01:00

HCAP-Certified Donegal Stalker Gerd Höna has produced a 54-minute DVD entitled "After the Shot", showing the preparation of simple but delicious venison dishes from wild shot deer, which will inspire all stalkers into getting the very best from their hunting. The DVD, directed by Gerd and his HCAP-Certified wife and stalking partner Veronika, is available from Gerd and Veronika Höna, Schoolmaster’s House, Ranafast, Co. Donegal, tel. 00353 (0) 74 954 8275, email info@donberg.ie, cost (to cover post & packaging) €5.00.

The Deer Alliance has no other interest in the DVD and takes no responsibility for its contents but is happy to recommend it as a source of information and guidance on carcass handling and preparation and presentation of venison dishes.

DVD - "DEER HUNTING IN IRELAND"

2010-03-29T19:04:00.000+01:00

David Dunne has produced a 75-minute DVD entitled "Deer Hunting in Ireland", covering aspects of deer management, culling, carcass handling and preparation for the table, which should prove a useful addition to every stalker's DVD library. David is an experienced stalker with a professional background in game handling and butchery.

The DVD is available from various outlets or can be obtained directly from David Dunne, email lenkadunne@yahoo.ie, telephone 086 357 5917. The cost of the DVD is €25.00.

A contribution is made to the Deer Alliance for every copy sold when purchasers mention the Deer Alliance. The Deer Alliance has no other interest in the DVD and takes no responsibility for its contents but is happy to recommend it as a source of information and guidance on carcass handling and preparation.

HCAP MCQ, LARAGH, CO. WICKLOW, WEDNESDAY 26 MAY 2010

2010-03-22T20:56:00.001Z

The next scheduled HCAP MCQ will be held at 8 p.m. on Wednesday 26 May 2010 at Lynham's Hotel, Laragh, Co. Wicklow. The closing date for applications is Friday 14 May 2010. Application Forms can be downloaded from the principal website, www.deeralliance.ie. The Range Test to follow this MCQ will be held on Saturday 28 August 2010.

It is also intended (subject to confirmation) to hold another HCAP MCQ in Claremorris, Co. Mayo (note change of location), under the auspices of the Connacht Branch of the Irish Deer Society, on Sunday 13 June 2010. This MCQ will be preceded on Saturday 12 June 2010 by a one-day training seminar. Details from Paul Wood, 086 884 6657 or Craig McCleane, 086 818 0754.

HCAP MCQ, CAHIR, CO. TIPPERARY, SATURDAY 27 MARCH 2010

2010-03-18T10:54:00.000Z

The following candidates are eligible to participate in the HCAP MCQ scheduled to take place in Kilcoran Lodge Hotel, Cahir, Co. Tipperary, at 2 p.m. on Saturday 27 March 2010. The list includes applications received as at 22 March 2010 together with applications received for previous MCQs. Proposed deferrals should be notified by text to 086 1927 845 or by email to hcap@ireland.com not later than 22 March 2010.

LIST UPDATED 22 MARCH 2010.
APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED

LIST EDITED & NUMBERS DELETED, 7 April 2010

Colm Kingston
Barth O’Keeffe
Denis O’Sullivan
Pat Bellew
Paul McIlveen
John McGowan
Desmond Doyle
Jimmy Doyle
Frank D’Easaille
Stephane Fouere
Michael Druhan
Simon M. Reilly
Paul Rochford
Anthony Doran
Mark Whelan
Gary Bolger
Dan McKenna
Clive Clarke
Tom Sparing
Gavin Barry
George Kingston
Eamon Breslin
Daniel Breslin
Leon Tracey
Davy Morrissey
Joe Morrissey
Ray Samson,
Tom O’Donnell
John O’Sullivan
Paddy Hartnett
Barry Leddin
Luke Carberry
Michael Coughlan,
Colm MacGill
Flavian O’Keeffe
Adrian Noonan
Seamus Commons
Stephen O’Connell
Barry Magan
Norman Mulvany
James Barrett
Myles Balfe
Dermot Waters
Richard McGrath
Eamon Heatherington
Desmond Geraghty
Mark Slevin
Declan Deady
Shane Lee
Terry Moore
David Dunne
Thomas Noble
Martin McDaid

RESULTS OF HCAP MCQ, GRAIGUENAMANAGH, CO. KILKENNY, 6 MARCH 2010

2010-03-11T09:28:00.000Z

The following candidates were successful in the HCAP MCQ held at Duiske College, Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny on Saturday 6 March 2010 and are eligible to participate in the Range Test on Saturday April 24th, 2010 from 10 a.m. at Midland Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (HCAP number, followed by Pass mark achieved):

2009/0160, 96%
2010/0004, 96%
2010/0014, 98%
2010/0027, 96%
2010/0028, 86%
2010/0039, 86%
2010/0040, 86%
2010/0041, 88%
2010/0042, 88%
2010/0043, 86%
2010/0044, 88%
2010/0045, 82%
2010/0046, 86%
2010/0047, 84%
2010/0049, 84%
2010/0050, 82%
2010/0051, 86%
2010/0052, 84%
2010/0053, 80%
2010/0056, 84%

Further details of the Range Test, including Firing Detail Starting Times, will be posted here approximately one week before date of Range Test.

The following candidate (number, followed by mark achieved) was unsuccessful and is required to re-sit and pass the MCQ stage before proceeding to any Range Test. The application fee for repeat candidates is €50.00. MCQ dates and venues are posted periodically on this blog site. “Fail” grades may be appealed to the HCAP Assessment Committee, subject to written application accompanied by re-checking fee, €50.00. Where written application for re-checking is received, it is reviewed by the Committee at the next scheduled Committee meeting following receipt of application.

2010/0022, 74%

SUBMISSIONS ON FOREST POLICY

2010-03-09T18:22:00.000Z

The following is the text of a notice published by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 9 March 2010.

REVIEW OF FOREST POLICY - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

In the Renewed Programme for Government, published October 2009, the Government undertook to review forest policy.

Three review groups have been established to examine (1) National Forest Policy, (2) Funding of Forestry Schemes and (3) The Role of Coillte and its Functions. The terms of reference of these groups and other background documents are available on the Department’s website, www.agriculture.gov.ie/forestryreview. Submissions are invited on all aspects of forest policy, its funding, and the role of Coillte and its functions and should be addressed to:

“Submission on Forestry Review”
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Johnstown Castle Estate
Wexford.

Or email: forestryreview@agriculture.gov.ie.

Submissions will be made available to the public on our website.

The deadline for the receipt of submissions is 31 March 2010.

The Department is also engaged in a “2020 Strategy” consultation process for the agriculture, food, fisheries and forestry sectors. Submissions for this process are welcome and should be addressed to 2020@agriculture.gov.ie before 31 March 2010.

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Email: info@agriculture.gov.ie
www.agriculture.gov.ie

(end)

Note: This notice is additional to, and unrelated to, previous notice concerning Woodlands of Ireland.

WOODLANDS OF IRELAND - REVIEW OF FORESTRY POLICY FOR HERITAGE COUNCIL

2010-03-03T12:15:00.000Z

Woodlands of Ireland have published a review of forestry policy, which contains recommendations in relation to management of wild deer in Ireland and which has implications for all deer hunters. The Report (Executive Summary and full Report) can be viewed at www.forestryheritagereview.com.

Deer hunters are encouraged to read the Report and as stakeholders in Irish forestry with an interest in the issue of deer management, to convey opinions to Woodlands of Ireland (www.woodlandsofireland.com), to the Heritage Council (www.heritagecouncil.ie) or to any deer society or organised body of which they are a member. Comments may also be posted here, subject to Moderator's review.

ILLEGAL HUNTING AND KILLING OF WILD DEER

2010-03-03T12:02:00.000Z

Coillte Teoranta have circulated a notice to all deer hunting licencees regarding the illegal hunting and killing of wild deer. The full text of the Coillte Notice is set out below.
Important Notice

To: All holders of licences to hunt deer on Coillte lands
Subject: The illegal hunting and killing of wild deer
Date: January 2010

Over the last number of months there has been a significant increase in the number of reported incidents of wild deer being shot and otherwise killed on Coillte lands without authorisation. Coillte is totally opposed to this practice, which is an offence under the Wildlife Act 1976 (as amended) 2000.

To assist us in addressing this issue, all licence holders and their nominated hunters are requested to immediately report all actual or suspected occurrences of this activity taking place on Coillte lands. Details should be reported directly to the local Forest Manager in order that they be included on the Company’s register and forwarded to the relevant authorities. Where adequate evidence exists, it is Coillte’s intention to take, or assist in taking legal proceedings against any alleged offender/s under Section 44 (subsection 4) of the Wildlife Act 1976 (as amended) 2000.

Summary proceedings for such an offence may also be prosecuted directly by:
i) Any individual who is entitled to enjoy the sporting rights of the relevant land at the time of the alleged offence, this includes licence holders.
ii) Any secretary of a recognised body who is entitled to enjoy the sporting rights of the relevant land at the time of the alleged offence (provided that prior to the relevant time a notice was posted in a local newspaper stating that the sporting rights on these lands were reserved to that body).

Warning: Approaching persons believed to be committing an offence should only be undertaken following a careful assessment of the situation and if there is any doubt about safety, withdraw completely from the area and notify An Garda Siochana and/or National Parks and Wildlife Service.

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HCAP MCQ, CAHIR, CO. TIPPERARY, 2 p.m., SATURDAY MARCH 27th 2010

2010-02-15T15:17:00.000Z

A Deer Alliance HCAP MCQ will be held at Kilcoran Lodge Hotel, Cahir, Co. Tipperary on Saturday March 27th 2010, (2 p.m.). This MCQ will he held under the auspices of the Wild Deer Association of Ireland. Non-members of WDAI may participate, subject to receipt of applications.

WDAI inquiries to Damien Hannigan, 087 249 6987.

Non-WDAI applications to Deer Alliance, PO Box 10, Bray, Co. Wicklow, for receipt not later than Friday March 19th 2010.

A list of eligible candidates will be posted here on or about Monday March 22nd 2010.

HCAP MCQ, GRAIGUENAMANAGH, CO. KILKENNY, SATURDAY MARCH 6th 2010

2010-02-15T15:12:00.001Z

The following candidates are eligible to participate in the HCAP MCQ scheduled to take place in Duiske College, Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny at 4 p.m. on Saturday March 6th 2010. The list includes applications received as at March 1st 2010 together with applications received for previous MCQs. List updated March 2nd 2010. APPLICATIONS FOR THIS MCQ ARE NOW CLOSED. See previous postings for additional information.

(List edited and HCAP numbers removed, 11 March 2010).

Pat Bellew
Paul McIlveen
Harry Hannon
Desmond Doyle
Diarmuid R. Phelan
Jose Gallardo
Jimmy Doyle
John Maher
Patrick Furlong
Declan Maher
Gerard O’Reilly
James O’Neill
Ronan Maher
John Reddy
Colin Cahill
Shane O’Neill
Frank D’Easaille
Jonathan Walsh
Don Fenlon
John Mulhall
Shane Kavanagh
Martin Curran
Simon M. Reilly
Paul Rochford
Matt Murphy
Mark Bannon
James Walsh
Anthony Doran
Mark Whelan
Michael Druhan*
Stephane Fouere*
John McGowan*

* Deferred to later venues

Sample MCQ Questions are archived on this site, go to "Older Posts", November 2007.

RESULTS OF HCAP MCQ, WATERFORD, FEBRUARY 7th 2010

2010-02-12T13:00:00.000Z

The following candidates were successful in the HCAP MCQ held at the Granville Hotel, Waterford on Sunday February 7th 2010 and are eligible to participate in the Range Test on Saturday April 24th, 2010 from 10 a.m. at Midland Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (HCAP number, followed by Pass mark achieved):

2010/0001, 90%
2010/0002, 92%
2010/0003, 90%
2010/0005, 90%
2010/0006, 88%
2010/0007, 90%
2010/0008, 92%
2010/0009, 88%
2010/0010, 90%
2010/0011, 90%
2010/0012, 90%
2010/0013, 88%
2010/0015, 82%
2010/0016, 90%
2010/0017, 82%
2010/0018, 80%
2010/0019, 80%
2010/0020, 82%
2010/0023, 88%
2010/0024, 86%
2010/0025, 84%
2010/0026, 92%
2010/0029, 94%
2010/0030, 80%
2010/0031, 84%
2010/0032, 90%
2010/0034, 88%
2010/0035, 90%
2010/0036, 86%
2010/0038, 90%

Further details of the Range Test, including Firing Detail Starting Times, will be posted here approximately one week before date of Range Test.

The following candidates (number, followed by mark achieved) were unsuccessful and are required to re-sit and pass the MCQ stage before proceeding to any Range Test. The application fee for repeat candidates is €50.00. MCQ dates and venues are posted periodically on this blog site. “Fail” grades may be appealed to the HCAP Assessment Committee, subject to written application accompanied by re-checking fee, €50.00. Where written application for re-checking is received, it is reviewed by the Committee at the next scheduled Committee meeting following receipt of application.

2009/0160, 64%
2010/0014, 76%

HCAP MCQ GRAIGUENAMANAGH, CO. KILKENNY, SATURDAY MARCH 6th 2010

2010-02-08T15:19:00.000Z

The next scheduled HCAP MCQ will take place at Duiske College, Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny on Saturday March 6th 2010 at 4 p.m. The closing date for applications, including applications from Repeat Candidates, is Friday February 26th 2010 (date for receipt of hard-copy application forms, with application fee €100.00 - text, email or verbal applications will not be accepted).

The next HCAP Range Test will be on Saturday April 24th 2010, from 10 a.m. Names of eligible candidates will be posted here on or about April 19th 2010, with start time of individual firing details.

UNTESTED CANDIDATES

The Deer Alliance has on its books a number of candidates who have applied for certification but to date, have not presented for assessment. Some of these applications go back some considerable time.

Attempts have been to notify such candidates for each MCQ since receipt of application, usually without success. The Deer Alliance cannot keep these candidates on its books indefinitely. If you are one of these candidates, please contact the Deer Alliance by email (hcap@ireland.com), text message or 'phone call (086 1927 845) to ensure that you retain your entitlement to assessment, otherwise you may forfeit your application fee.

HCAP MCQ, WATERFORD, FEBRUARY 7th 2010 - CANDIDATES

2010-02-02T01:01:00.000Z

The following candidates are listed to participate in the HCAP MCQ scheduled to take place on Sunday February 7th 2010 (2.30 p.m. sharp at the Granville Hotel, Waterford).

(This post was edited on 8.2.1020 following the MCQ on 7.2.2010, and HCAP numbers deleted). Results of the MCQ will be posted here on or about 15.2.2010 - HCAP numbers only).

Tom McGrath
John O’Brien
Lorcan Mulhern
Harry Hannon
James J. Devine
Philip Fitzgerald
Victor Quirke
Kieran Begadon
Eugene Ryan
John Green
Maurice M. Quirke
Kieran Byrne
John McSweeney
Matt Murphy
Joseph C. Flynn
Edward Murphy
Justin Collins
Robert Collins
Michael Mansfield
Emmet O’Donnell
John McGowan
Desmond Doyle
Noel Power
Geoffrey McKenna
Alan Neary
Philip McCarron
Diarmuid R. Phelan
Jose Gallardo
Padraig Murphy
Paul Doran
John Sheehy
Shane Flynn
Jimmy Doyle
Nicolas Codoul
Anthony Byrne
Kornel Czene
Niall O'Toole

HCAP RANGE TESTS 2010

2010-02-01T12:49:00.000Z

The next scheduled HCAP Range Tests will take place on Saturday April 24th 2010 and on Saturday August 28th 2010. Both dates are subject to confirmation and possible change, depending on availability of facilities.

All HCAP Range Tests take place at the Midland National Shooting Ground (MRC), Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, commecing at 10 a.m. sharp on each Range Test day.

The names of candidates eligible to participate (folowing success in the MCQ stage of the HCAP process) will normally be posted here seven to ten days prior to the date.

LOCATION OF MIDLAND RANGE

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HCAP MCQ, WATERFORD, 7.2.2010

2010-01-11T09:55:00.000Z

The first scheduled HCAP MCQ in 2010 will take place at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday February 7th 2010 at the Granville Hotel, Waterford, organised under the auspices of the Munster Branch of the Irish Deer Society. A preparatory course is currently under way, for information contact Vincent Coffey, 087 280 7563. Participation in the MCQ is open to non-members of the IDS.

Closing date for receipt of applications for this MCQ is Friday January 29th 2010. The HCAP Assessment Fee is €100.00 and an Application Form can be downloaded from the principal website, www.deeralliance.ie. Further enquiries can be directed to 086 1927 845.

Details of other MCQ dates and venues in 2010, also dates of Range Tests, will be posted here shortly, as soon as finalised.

RANGE TEST SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

2009-09-22T10:13:00.000+01:00

The list of candidates for the Range Test to be held on Saturday September 26, 2009 is currently being prepared, as we try to accommodate requests for specific times, deferrals and other queries.

However, for the avoidance of doubt, the following is the procedure:

#1: Eligible candidates include all those who passed most recent MCQs in Cahir in August and Laragh in September, together with Repeat Candidates from the Range Test held on June 27, 2009, and Deferred Candidates from that and previous Range Tests.

#2: Candidates are taken in the following chronolgical order - first, Repeat and Deferred Candidates, second, most recent MCQ candidates. Requests for earliest possible start times have already been registered and no more can be accommodated.

#3: The Range Test starts at 10 a.m. sharp, with 45 minutes allowed for each detail. Details will start at 10 a.m., 10.45 a.m., 11.30 a.m., and 12.15 p.m., with a 45 minute break for Range Officials, 1-1.45 p.m. Next Details are at 1.45 p.m., 2.15 p.m., 3 p.m. and 3.45 p.m.

#4: All Candidates should present themselves well before scheduled times as we always experience a number of no-shows and last minute Deferrals. When this happens, an earlier slot is offered to Candidates waiting to shoot in a later Detail. We recommend that Candidates attend the Range from the earliest possible time.

#5: All intendng Repeat Candidates should by now have notified the Organisers by email or text (see previous posting, below). The List will close on Wednesday September 23 and the full and final list of Candidates and Firing Times will be posted here as soon as possible after that.

#6: Finally, and most importantly, the attention of all Candidates is drawn to previous postings regarding Firearms Certificates, Insurance and use of Sound Moderators.

REPEAT RANGE TEST CANDIDATES SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

2009-09-14T01:10:00.000+01:00

HCAP Candidates needing to repeat the Range Test after that held on June 27th 2009 (or any previous Range Test), and wishing to participate on Saturday September 26, 2009, are required to make application (with Repeat Fee €50.00) not later than Friday September 18, 2009. Applications may be made by email to hcap@ireland.com or by text to 086 1927 845, with Repeat Fee payable on the day. Alternatively applicants can send written application, with cheque or money order, to the Deer Alliance, PO Box 10, Bray, Co. Wicklow, provided candidates notify a wish to participate by email or text not later than Monday September 22, 2009.

RESULTS OF HCAP MCQ, SEPTEMBER 9th 2009.

2009-09-13T21:44:00.000+01:00

The following candidates were successful in the HCAP MCQ held at Lynham’s Hotel, Laragh, Co. Wicklow on Wednesday September 9th 2009 and are eligible to participate in the Range Test on Saturday September 26th, 2009 from 10 a.m. at Midland Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (HCAP number, followed by Pass mark achieved):

IMPORTANT: ALL ELIGIBLE RANGE TEST CANDIDATES ARE REFERRED TO THE PREVIOUS POSTING ON THIS BLOG (POSTED AUGUST 28TH 2009) IN RELATION TO THE RANGE TEST ON SEPTEMBER 26, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE REQUIREMENT TO REGISTER ON THE DAY AND TO PRODUCE FIREARMS CERTIFICATE AND EVIDENCE OF INSURANCE.

2009/0194, 80%
2009/0186, 90%
2009/0155, 84%
2009/0184, 80%
2009/0161, 86%
2009/0198, 84%
2009/0162, 84%
2009/0163, 80%
2009/0210, 94%
2009/0152, 84%
2009/0207, 98%
2009/0216, 92%
2009/0215, 90%
2009/0213, 86%
2009/0154, 80%
2009/0195, 86%
2009/0206, 98%
2009/0203, 96%
2009/0205, 98%
2009/0204, 94%
2009/0209, 80%
2009/0196, 82%
2009/0197, 82%
2009/0164, 88%
2009/0009, 80%
2009/0002, 90%
2009/0013, 88%
2007/0091, 96%
2007/0095, 92%
2008/0146, 84%
2009/0156, 96%
2009/0007, 92%
2008/0147, 90%
2009/0208, 94%
2009/0015, 92%
2009/0151, 82%
2007/0085, 94%
2007/0090, 90%
2009/0190, 94%
2009/0200, 90%
2009/0176, 94%
2009/0202, 84%
2009/0185, 90%
2009/0105, 92%
2009/0212, 80%
2009/0173, 96%
2009/0175, 84%

The following candidates (number, followed by mark achieved) were unsuccessful and are required to re-sit and pass the MCQ stage before proceeding to any Range Test. The application fee for repeat candidates is €50.00. MCQ dates and venues are posted periodically on this blog site. “Fail” grades may be appealed to the HCAP Assessment Committee, subject to written application accompanied by re-checking fee, €50.00. Where written application for re-checking is received, it is reviewed by the Committee at the next scheduled Committee meeting following receipt of application.

2009/0187, 76%
2009/0214, 74%

HCAP RANGE TEST, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

2009-08-28T09:52:00.000+01:00

@ MIDLAND RANGE, BLUE BALL, TULLAMORE, CO. OFFALY

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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL CANDIDATES

ALL HCAP CANDIDATES INTENDING TO SHOOT AT THE MIDLAND RANGE ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2009 WILL BE REQUIRED TO CHECK IN AND REGISTER WITH A DESIGNATED CLUB OFFICIAL BEFORE PROCEEDING TO SHOOT. CANDIDATES MUST ALSO PRODUCE FOR INSPECTION A VALID CURRENT FIREARMS CERTIFICATE FOR THE FIREARM TO BE USED, AND ALSO TO PRODUCE EVIDENCE OF VALID CURRENT SHOOTING INSURANCE. ACCEPTABLE INSURANCE INCLUDES NARCG, COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE AND/OR IFA COUNTRYSIDE.

THESE CONDITIONS ARE LAID DOWN BY MIDLANDS NATIONAL SHOOTING GROUND (MIDLAND RIFLE CLUB) AND MUST BE COMPLIED WITH. THE DEER ALLIANCE WILL NOT ENTER INTO DISCUSSION OR NEGOTIATION ON THESE MATTERS.

The Range Test scheduled for Saturday September 26, 2009 is the last Range Test in the 2009 series. There will be no further Range Test before March 2010. All Candidates eligible (i.e. having passed the MCQ stage of assessment) are advised to participate and are reminded that it is a condition of the HCAP process that candidates must, except in extraordinary circumstances notified and approved by the HCAP Assessment Committee through its Secretariat, complete the assessment process within six months of sitting their first attempt at the MCQ stage.

The list of eligible candidates will be posted here approximately seven days prior to the scheduled date, together with details of firing times. Candidates must be present not less than thirty minutes before their scheduled time of firing.

As there are always a number of deferrals and no-shows on any Range Test day, it may benefit candidates wanting an earlier time than scheduled, to be present on the Firing Range from commencement of the Range Test at 10 a.m.

All HCAP Range Tests take place at the Midlands Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, see Map (above). The format to the Range Test is set out in the Deer Alliance Stalker Training Manual and comprises three grouping shots in the rested prone position at 100 metres, followed by two shots in each of three positions - prone at 100 metres, sitting/kneeling at 60 metres and standing at 40 metres. Candidates may have two attempts at the grouping target and one attempt at the deer target OR one attempt at the grouping target and two at the deer target. All normal stalking aids may be used e.g. stalking sticks etc.

Any candidate failing the Range Test on the day may have ONE further attempt on the same day, subject to time constraints and availability of Range Personnel, without financial penalty. However any candidate requiring an additional attempt after that must pay a Repeat Fee of €50.00 (without exception).

HCAP MCQ, LARAGH, CO. WICKLOW, SEPTEMBER 9th 2009

2009-08-25T11:50:00.000+01:00

CANDIDATES ELIGIBLE FOR HCAP ASSESSMENT

The following is a list of candidates eligible for participation in the HCAP MCQ scheduled to take place on Wednesday September 9, 2009, 8 p.m. at Lynham’s Hotel, Laragh, Co. Wicklow. The list includes long-standing applications, and more recent applications received and processed as at September 6, 2009. All candidates are reminded that applications are not acknowledged individually. All applications are automatically listed for the next scheduled MCQ after date of receipt, and candidates are requested to confirm their intention of participating, by email to hcap@ireland.com. The names of non-participating candidates i.e. candidates who for one reason or another cannot participate on a scheduled date, are carried forward to the next scheduled MCQ date, whenever that is organised.

LIST UPDATED SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Padraic Kennedy
James Rogan
David Egan
Michael O’Connor
Liam Smith
Gerard Savage
Aaron Cuddy
Michael Hurley
James Pettit
John Pettit
Bill Phelan
Hugh O’Reilly
Gerry McCarthy
Harry Gillanders
Rob Heneghan
Stephane Fouere
Patrick Murphy
James Fitzharris
Oliver McMahon
Neil McGrath
Michael Nagle
Gerard McGuinness
Frank Boxwell
P. J. Boxwell
Damien Dennehy
Cathal Friel
John Dunne
Michael P. Rowan
Thomas Woodbyrne
Stephen Cassidy
Nicholas Ward
Seamus Timmons
Pat Bellew
Paul McIlveen
James Walsh
Robert Daly
Ian Fleming
Brendan Fortune
Tom Fahy
Colin Power
Stephen McKeever
Martin Halloran
Martin Daly
Nigel Cody
Brendan Kennedy
Sean Anthony Byrne
Said Tribek
David Pike
Aidan Murphy
Anthony Dempsey
James E. P. Ryan
John Willoughby
Michael O’Leary
Stuart Kirwan
John Foxton
Clive Jackson
Alan Crooke
Paul Clinch
James Hamilton
Joe McDonagh
Michael Druhan
Patrick Pettit
Pat Farren
Mick McWilliams
Jim Doyle
Josette Galligan
J. P. Galligan
Francis Daly
Jamie Nolan
Ross Styles
Anthony Thomas
Al Butler
Darren Hanlon
John Magee
John Manley
Jim Fitzharris
George Gordon Bass
William Kirwan

RESULTS OF HCAP MCQ, August 22nd 2009

2009-08-23T18:48:00.000+01:00

The following candidates were successful in the HCAP MCQ held at the Kilcoran Lodge Hotel, Cahir, Co. Tipperary on Saturday August 22nd 2009 and are eligible to participate in the Range Test on Saturday September 26th, 2009 from 10 a.m. at Midland Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (HCAP number, followed by Pass mark achieved):

2009/0153, 88%
2009/0183, 94%
2009/0159, 94%
2009/0150, 94%
2008/0153, 90%
2009/0168, 80%
2008/0154, 80%
2009/0149, 86%
2007/0116, 92%
2009/0171, 88%
2009/0172, 90%
2009/0174, 90%
2009/0184, 94%
2006/0034, 80%
2009/0177, 88%
2009/0182, 88%
2009/0165, 82%
2005/01/0015, 88%
2009/0180, 84%
2009/0189, 94%
2009/0178, 86%
2009/0188, 84%
2009/0167, 92%
2009/0166, 92%
2009/0147, 92%
2009/0102, 100%
2009/0170, 92%
2009/0169, 92%
2009/0193, 98%
2008/0152, 94%*

*Two papers were returned bearing the same HCAP number 2008/0152, one of which was obviously incorrect. However this has now been rectified and both candidates in fact passed the MCQ despite this error. A new number will be allocated to the erring candidate in due course.

For map and directions to the Midland Range at Blue Ball, see archived posting on this site.

The following candidate (number, followed by mark achieved) was unsuccessful and is required to re-sit and pass the MCQ stage before proceeding to any Range Test. The application fee for repeat candidates is €50.00. MCQ dates and venues are posted periodically on this blog site. “Fail” grades may be appealed to the HCAP Assessment Committee, subject to written application accompanied by re-checking fee, €50.00. Where written application for re-checking is received, it is reviewed by the Committee at the next scheduled Committee meeting following receipt of application.

2009/0192, 66%

MCQ-ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES

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The following is a list of candidates eligible to participate in the HCAP MCQ scheduled to take place on Saturday August 22, 2009 at Kilcoran Lodge Hotel, Cahir, Co. Tipperary at 2.30 p.m. This list includes all applications received and processed as at August 21, 2009.

It also includes candidates who have indicated a preference to participate in the next scheduled MCQ in Lynham’s Hotel, Laragh, Co. Wicklow on Wednesday September 9, 2009 (8 p.m.), for which they remain eligible.

If you have applied for HCAP Assessment and your name does not appear on this list please notify your name and other details to hcap@ireland.com or by text to 086 1927 845.

Padraic Kennedy
James Rogan
David Egan
Michael O’Connor
Liam Smith
Gerard Savage
Aaron Cuddy
Michael Hurley
James Pettit
John Pettit
Bill Phelan
Hugh O’Reilly
Gerry McCarthy
Harry Gillanders
John Guthrie
Patrick Carey
Jonathan Blackmore
Rob Heneghan
Stephane Fouere
Patrick Murphy
James Fitzharris
Oliver McMahon
Neil McGrath
Michael Nagle
Gerard McGuinness
Frank Boxwell
Damien Dennehy
Maurice Cunningham
Cathal Friel
Paul O’Brien
William Fitzpatrick
Michael McGrath
John Dunne
Michael P. Rowan
Thomas Woodbyrne
Francis Lynch
Johannes Baader
Stephen Cassidy
Nicholas Ward
Seamus Timmons
Pat Bellew
Paul McIlveen
Kevin Gahan
James Walsh
Robert Daly
Ian Fleming
Brendan Fortune
Tom Fahy
Jeremy Nicholson
Brian Murphy
Aidan Murphy
Gerard Long
Kevin Gardiner
Colin Power
Jonathan Corban
Che Convery
Ger Hickey
Denis Barry
Stephen McKeever
Reno Batog
Martin Halloran
Martin Daly
Stephen Kiely
Michael O’Leary
Diarmuid Maher
Mick McGrath

LATE APPLICATIONS

Bob Dineen
Sarah Corbett
Tomas Fraughen
John McDermott
Jim Leigh
James Cormac Rooney
Michael Ryan
Ian Wilson

FORTHCOMING DATES

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The following dates are substituted for any and all future dates mentioned in earlier postings on this blog.

(NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER RANGE TEST IN 2009 AFTER THAT SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 26TH 2009)

MCQ, CAHIR, CO. TIPPERARY: SATURDAY AUGUST 22nd 2009 (Kilcoran Lodge Hotel, Kilcoran, Cahir, 2.30 p.m.). Applications close Friday August 14th 2009.

MCQ, LARAGH, CO. WICKLOW: WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 9th 2009 (Lynham's Hotel, Laragh, 8 p.m.). Applications close Friday September 4th 2009.

RANGE TEST, MIDLAND RANGE, BLUE BALL, TULLAMORE, CO. OFFALY: SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26th 2009 (from 10 a.m.). Firing Detail information, including a full list of Eligible Candidates, will be posted here after the MCQ on September 9th 2009.

Deferrals and No-Shows from the Range Test held on June 27th 2009 will be eligible for the Range Test on September 26th 2009, as will successful candidates from the two MCQs on August 22nd and September 26th 2009.

All dates and other details are subject to change as, when and if circumstances demand.

COMBINED LIST OF HCAP-CERTIFIED CANDIDATES, 2005-2009

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The following is a full list of all candidates deemed HCAP-Certified from August 17, 2005 (first Range Test after commencement of programme) to September 26, 2009 (most recent Range Test).

A total of 649 (six hundred and forty-nine) candidates have now, as at September 26, 2009, passed both stages of the HCAP Certification process (MCQ and RANGE TEST) and are deemed HCAP-Certified.

The figure of 649 represents approximately 70% of the total number of candidates assessed to date.

(Listed in reverse order from September 2009 to August 2005)
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HCAP CERTIFIED CANDIDATES, 26 SEPTEMBER 2009

The following 82 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on 26 September 2010 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Patrick McBride, 2009/0090
Nigel McBride, 2009/0091
Joseph McBride, 2009/0092
Liam Nolan (Thurles), 2009/0073
Simon Steele, 2008/0155
Rory Hogan, 2009/0168
Patrick Dodrill , 2009/0133
Cornelis van Bladel, 2008/0159
Eoin Gillespie, 2009/0010
Seppi Hona, 2009/0118
Mark Turley, 2009/0146
John O’Donnell, 2008/0002
Des Crofton, 2007/0014
Brian McGleenon, 2009/0136
Jeff Banks, 2009/0121
Steven Spillane, 2009/0145
Stephen Buckley, 2009/0018
Stefan Ritzen, 2009/0011
Ciaran Nugent, 2009/0049
Conor Dennedy, 2009/0116
Pat Kelly, 2009/0117
Seamus J. McKeogh, 2009/0120
James Armitage, 2008/0074
Patrick Carey, 2008/0153
Jonathan Blackmore, 2008/0154
Maurice Cunningham, 2009/0147
William Fitzpatrick, 2009/0149
Michael McGrath, 2009/0150
Kevin Gahan, 2009/0159
Jeremy Nicholson, 2009/0165
Brian Murphy, 2009/0166
Aidan Murphy , 2009/0167
Gerard Long, 2006/0034
Jonathan Corban, 2009/0169
Bob Dineen , 2009/0180
Diarmuid Maher, 2009/0182
Che Convery, 2009/0170
Ger Hickey, 2009/0171
Denis Barry, 2009/0172
Stephen McKeever, 2009/0173
Reno Batog, 2009/0174
Michael O’Leary, 2009/0178
Sarah Corbett, 2009/0183
Thomas Fraughen, 2009/0184
John McDermott, 2009/0188
Jim Leigh, 2009/0189
James Pettit, 2008/0146
John Pettit, 2008/0147
James Fitzharris, 2009/0015
John Dunne, 2009/0151
John Guthrie, 2008/0152
James Walsh, 2008/0135
Paul O’Brien, 2009/0102
Michael P. Rowan, 2009/0152
Stephen Cassidy, 2009/0154
Nicholas Ward, 2009/0155
Seamus Timmons, 2009/0156
Robert Daly, 2009/0161
Ian Fleming, 2009/0162
Colin Power, 2009/0007
Martin Halloran, 2009/0175
Martin Daly, 2009/0176
Brendan Kennedy, 2009/0013
Sean Anthony Byrne, 2009/0009
Said Tribek, 2009/0212
Aidan Murphy, 2009/0185
John Willoughby, 2009/0190
John Foxton, 2009/0195
Clive Jackson, 2009/0196
Alan Crooke, 2009/0197
Paul Clinch, 2009/0198
William Kirwan, 2009/0105
Mick McWilliams, 2009/0204
Jim Doyle, 2009/0205
Francis Daly, 2009/0208
Patrick Pettit, 2009/0202
Pat Farren, 2009/0203
Jamie Nolan, 2009/0209
Joe McDonagh, 2009/0200
George Gordon Bass, 2009/0213
Robert Moulton, 2009/0215
David Byrne, 2009/0062

The following 105 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on June 27, 2009 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Gerry Houlihan, 2007/0205
Patrick Moriarty, 2008/0072
Trevor Davis, 2007/0063
John Flynn, 2007/0071
John Kelly, 2008/0139
Vahe Bogossian , 2008/0117
Brian Upton, 2009/0003
Bernard Stokes, 2009/0004
Eamonn Giblin, 2007/0180
Brendan Cleere, 2009/0079
Paul Bowler, 2009/0020
Peter Moylan, 2009/0025
Noel Morrin, 2009/0034
Gerard Cummins, 2009/0036
Declan Mortimer, 2008/0079
Michael Gibbons, 2009/0039
Gerard O’Connor, 2009/0046
John Murphy, 2009/0054
Robert Heneghan, 2009/0055
Fred Moore, 2009/0056
Breffni Archer, 2009/0057
Patrick G. O’Doherty, 2009/0059
Enda Moynihan, 2008/0151
Tadgh O’Keeffe, 2009/0016
Michael Fitzhenry, 2009/0023
John Joe Cullotty, 2009/0028
Michael Gottstein, 2009/0051
Robert Nugent, 2009/0029
John Geoghegan, 2009/0094
Donal Delaney, 2009/0032
David O’Doherty, 2009/0038
Kenneth O’Brien, 2009/0030
Mark Rylands, 2009/0041
Eddie O’Brien, 2008/0059
Derek Stamp, 2009/0043
Keith McCleane, 2009/0044
Martin Fleming, 2009/0050
Kevin O’Sullivan, 2009/0049
Pat Brennan, 2009/0061
Annraoi Milner, 2009/0063
William Ireland, 2009/0064
Kevin J. McCarthy, 2009/0065
Kevin O’Sullivan, 2009/0066
Raymond McCarthy, 2009/0067
Patrick Fleming, 2009/0069
Joseph Darcy, 2009/0070
Frank McCarthy, 2009/0071
Michael Heffernan, 2009/0072
Dermot Hayes, 2009/0100
John Joe Maher, 2009/0074
Nevin Hindle, 2009/0076
Michael Watkins, 2008/0077
Michael Corbett, 2009/0068
Paul Fletcher, 2009/0040
Thomas Brennan, 2009/0083
Andrew Kelly, 2009/0084
John Doran, 2009/0085
Aidan O’Sullivan, 2009/0089
Sean Rigley, 2009/0109
Willie Barry, 2008/0140
John Brennan, 2009/0097
Daniel O’Flaherty, 2008/0129
Robert Jordan, 2009/0008
Finbar Buttimer, 2009/0019
Paul McFadden, 2009/0052
Richard Young, 2009/0081
Denis O’Conor, 2009/0101
Oliver Naughton, 2009/0103
Donal Keegan, 2008/0158
Eddie Goggin, 2009/0095
Anthony Gilbert, 2009/0113
John O’Donoghue, 2009/0115
Rahul Rana, 2009/0112
John McGrory, 2008/0160
Tom Noonan, 2009/0093
Pearse O’Shannon, 2009/0047
Mark Deery, 2009/0048
Simon Gummer, 2009/0107
Jim Gannon, 2009/0110
Tony St. Leger, 2009/0082
Brendan M. Rohan, 2009/0122
Niall Brady, 2009/0127
Michael Boyle, 2009/0128
Jason Moore, 2009/0129
Donald Flanagan, 2009/0130
Lorcan Dodrill, 2009/0134
Sean Carlin, 2009/0137
David Shannon, 2009/0139
Kevin Barber, 2009/0141
Neil Gallagher, 2009/0142
John Hederman, 2009/0143
Michael Kane, 2009/0144
James Finlay, 2009/0104
Eoin McSweeney, 2009/0078
William Bolger, 2008/0027
Liam Jennings, 2009/0031
Billie O’Regan, 2008/0067
Mary O’Regan, 2008/0068
James Smith, 2009/0075
John Fortune, 2008/0134
Douglas Culligan, 2009/0037
John Leech, 2008/0007
Eamonn Wall, 2008/0086
Richard Slattery, 2008/0149
Fergus Kent, 2009/0104

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The following 23 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on October 18, 2008 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Diarmuid Murphy, 2007/0178
James Nolan, 2007/0061
Alan Hassett, 2008/0069
Kevin Vaughan, 2008/0156
Padraic Prunty, 2008/0157
David Bogossian, 2008/0116
Tom Quinn, 2008/0118
Eamonn Shannon, 2008/0119
Gerard Halligan 2008/0120
Eamon Mongan, 2008/0123
Brian Mongan, 2008/0124
Seamus Duffy, 2008/0126
Maurice Barry, 2008/0127
Brian O’Flaherty, 2008/0131
Anton Moran, 2008/0132
Frank Moran, 2008/0133
Leo Seery, 2008/0141
Ger O’Donovan, 2008/0142
Ian Stubbs, 2008/0144
Patrick Brennan, 2008/0046
Michael Browne, 2008/0073
George Gaffney, 2007/0099
Thomas O’Loughlin, 2008/0005

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The following 4 Candidates are deemed HCAP-Certified following a Range Test held on September 9, 2008 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

David Gunning, 2008/0110
Tim Crowley, 2008/0112
Anne Fitzpatrick, 2008/0114
Irene O'Brien, 2008/0115
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The following 47 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on July 19, 2008 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Alan Young, 2008/0089
Sean Cummins, 2008/0039
Niall Whitely, 2008/0008
Peter Crinion, 2007/0060
John Lambert, 2007/0088
David Dowd, 2008/0001
Andrew Ryan, 2007/0096
Cillian Doyle, 2007/0100
Darren Flynn, 2007/0070
Paul Hayes, 2007/0100
Michael Reynolds, 2008/0013
Alan Fogarty, 2008/0014
Derick Matthews, 2008/0015
Robbie Forde,2007/0069
Michael Nolan, 2007/0089
James C. Hogan, 2008/0016
John Crawley, 2007/0201
Dan McCarthy (Snr), 2008/0011
Daniel McCarthy (Jnr, 2008/0012
Ger O’Brien, 2008/0043
James K. Fennelly, 2008/0063
Thomas Fox, 2008/0080
Fiona Kane, 2008/0081
Arthur Baker, 2008/0083
Donal Neville, 2008/0085
Martin James Hughes, 2005/02/0011
Wayne Byrne, 2008/0087
Walter Byrne, 2008/0088
Pat Hagan, 2008/0096
Jeremy Ryan, 2008/0090
Ian McCulloch, 2008/0092
George O‘Malley, 2008/0094
Thomas Brady, 2008/0095
James Callaghan, 2008/0051
Gerard McDonnell, 2007/0136
Jerry Fogarty, 2006/0016
John Nolan, 2006/0125
Shane Egan, 2008/0098
Alan Egan, 2008/0099
John Hamilton, 2008/0100
Richard Tyrrell, 2008/0101
Colm Flynn, 2008/0102
Liam O’Shaughnessy, 2007/0107
Pat Delaney, 2008/0104
Michael Ferguson, 2008/0106
Andrew Ironside, 2008/0109
Michael Tyrrell, 2008/0082
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The following 3 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on the dates indicated (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Michael Fenlon, (July 30, 2008)
Jerry Scully, 2007/0184 (July 11, 2008)
Nikolai Burkart, 2005/04/0001 (May 23, 2008).
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The following 61 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on April 26, 2008 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Joe Turley Jnr., 2007/0204
Paul Kelly, 2007/0191
Louise Lally, 2007/0122
Leo Croke, 2007/0174
John Bolger, 2007/0175
Santino Rea, 2007/0019
Anthony Thomas, 2007/0186
James Davis-Goff, 2007/0177
Richard Power, 2007/0199
Thomas Melia, 2007/0197
Pat Hennessy, 2007/0187
John Lloyd, 2007/0198
Sam Boxwell, 2008/0003
Patrick O‘Keeffe, 2008/0009
Joseph Kane, 2008/0019
Christopher Murray, 2007/0184
Liam McDevitt, 2007/0196
Joachim Schaefer, 2008/0006
Brendan Duffy, 2008/0017
Gerry McNulty, 2008/0018
Bartley Connolly, 2007/0112
Patrick Condon, 2008/0021
Leonard Stewart, 2008/0026
Fergal Madden, 2008/0028
Enda Coffey, 2008/0030
Veronika Höna, 2008/0033
Gerd Höna, 2008/0034
Tommy Doyle, 2008/0035
Martin Lawless, 2007/0130
Michael Lawless, 2008/0037
Patrick Power, 2007/0185
Paul Walsh, 2007/0181
Pat Kiely, 2007/0190
Michael Sadlier, 2007/0188
Brian Blackmore, 2007/0176
Alan Sherwood, 2008/0004
Ronald Mupfupi, 2008/0023
David Scott, 2008/0024
Charles Spence, 2008/0025
Billy Meehan, 2008/0031
Gerard O’Sullivan, 2008/0032
Benny O’Dea, 2008/0038
Gerard Brady, 2008/0040
Philip Ryan, 2008/0045
Avalon O’Keeffe, 2008/0047
Dan Quinlan, 2008/0049
Mike Power, 2008/0050
Daniel Bourke, 2008/0052
Sean Harding, 2008/0053
Paul Walsh, 2008/0056
John Walsh, 2008/0057
Barth O’Keeffe, 2008/0061
James O’Keeffe, 2008/0062
Brian O’Connor, 2008/0064
Neil Carey, 2008/0065
Paul Burke, 2008/0066
John Murphy, 2008/0070
Allen Furlong, 2008/0075
John Lalor, 2008/0078
James Greaves, 2008/0080
Patrick Temple, 2007/0189
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The following 22 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on October 27, 2007 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Frank Parsons, 2007/0121
Jonathan Baguley, 2007/0013
Oliver Kierse, 2007/0041 cert sent
David Brady, 2007/0064
Gerald Brady, 2007/0062
Gareth Byrne, 2007/0173
Tom Bates, 2007/0147
Ben Smeele, 2007/0192
Jason Doyle, 2007/0057
Leo Willeboordese, 2007/0179
Eugene McCosker, 2007/0193
Alan Lutton, 2007/0202
Paul Foley, 2007/0194
Colin White, 2007/0159
Francis Cullen, 2007/0170
John Hennessy, 2005/03/0001
Dave Tracey, 2007/0001
Philip Hickey, 2006/0122
Colm Duggan, 2007/0008
Michael Nestor, 2007/0140
John Bates, 2007/0051
Joe Turley Snr., 2007/0203
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The following 68 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on August 25, 2007 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Ion Hamilton, 2007/0044
Peter Townsend, 2007/0017
Jack Schots, 2007/0034
Pat O‘Keeffe, 2007/0033
James Somers, 2007/0053
Richard Adams, 2007/0009
Des O’Neill, 2007/0007
Willie Roche, 2007/0006
Marcin Zielinski, 2007/0078
Liam McGarry Jnr., 2007/0012
Brendan Earls, 2006/0055
Keelan MacMoorland, 2007/0016
Jason Conway, 2007/0036
T. Samuel Birch, 2007/0115
Paul Spillane, 2007/0171
Andy Bourne, 2007/0131
Robin Heathcote, 2007/0134
Alan Morrissey, 2007/0084
Martin Bolger, 2007/0138
Thomas McDonald, 2007/0139
Stephen O‘Reilly, 2007/0141
Sean O’Reilly, 2007/0142
Derek Kenny, 2007/0144
Brian Moore, 2007/0106
Eunan McCrossan, 2007/0108
Joe McBrearty, 2007/0109
John McCrossan, 2007/0111
Gerald Duffy, 2007/0113
Seamus Heraty, 2007/0117
Donal McMenamin, 2007/0118
Patrick Doherty, 2007/0119
Stephen Moore, 2007/0120
Noel Spillane, 2007/0172
David Kyles, 2007/0124
James Murrin, 2007/0125
Eugene McLaughlin, 2007/0126
Alan Coyle, 2007/0127
Shaun Feeney, 2007/0128
Hugh Haughey, 2007/0129
Michael Byrne, 2007/0054
James Hanrahan, 2007/0056
Liam Jenkinson, 2007/0145
Tom Byrne, 2007/0058
John Martin, 2007/0146
Tom Clinton, 2007/0073
Nick Murphy, 2007/0148
Ben Horan, 2007/0149
John Harrington, 2007/0150
Declan Doyle, 2007/0152
Wayne Gregory, 2007/0153
Kevin O’Reilly, 2007/0154
Edward Jenkinson, 2007/0155
James Jenkinson, 2007/0156
Keith Doyle, 2007/0157
Mark Doyle, 2007/0158
Darren Duffy, 2007/0160
Anthony Walsh, 2007/0162
John Phelan, 2007/0164
Nicky Kelly, 2007/0165
Stephen Moxley, 2007/0167
Desmond Lambert, 2007/0168
Patrick Ward, 2007/0169
Noel Breen, 2007/0059
Pat Kavanagh, 2007/0080
Jamie Heffernan, 2007/0052
Patrick Byrne, 2005/01/0011
Kevin Brooks, 2007/0015
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The following 43 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on June 30, 2007 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Paul Martin, 2006/0109
Stephen Ward, 2006/0110
Noel McCarthy, 2006/0118
Peter Kiely, 2007/0032
John Doyle, 2007/0002
Sean Doyle, 2007/0003
Diarmuid Doyle, 2007/0004
Piero Rasini, 2007/0050
Ken Doherty, 2007/0103
Thomas Murphy, 2007/0010
Genaro Di Nardi, 2007/0011
Simon Martin, 2007/0018
Rocco Di Nardi, 2007/0021
Francis Mueller, 2007/0023
Patrick Molloy, 2007/0024
Matt Condon, 2007/0025
Noel O’Leary, 2007/0027
Tim Foley, 2007/0028
Peter Jackson, 2007/0029
Paul Kiely 2007/0030
William O‘Meara, 2007/0031
Barry Raymond, 2007/0035
John Liddy, 2007/0039
Liam Browne, 2007/0040
Kurt Ecker, 2007/0042
John O’Mahony, 2007/0043
Bill Dawes, 2007/0045
Edmund Graef, 2007/0046
Alan Clarke, 2007/0047
Martin O’Rourke, 2005/01/0008
Andrew McKeever, 2007/0048
Charles Nielsen, 2007/0072
John Duggan, 2007/0074
Patrick Creane, 2007/0075
Sean Creane, 2007/0076
Brian Binions, 2007/0077
Paul Mernagh, 2007/0079
John Wickham, 2007/0092
Kevin Gallagher, 2007/0098
Michael Larkin, 2007/0102
Patrick Kinsella. 2006/0117
Seamus Whelan, 2006/0116
Owen Kelly, 2007/0104

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The following 20 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on August 14, 2006 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Tom Lyons, 2006/0111
Arie J. van der Wel Snr., 2006/0115
John A. Curtis, 2006/0120
Richard Flynn, 2006/0064
Philip Coffey, 2006/0069
Tommy O’Brien, 2006/0121
Eoin Doherty, 2006/0123
Frank Rowan, 2006/0105
Frank Doyle, 2006/0106
John Crothers, 2006/0107
Owen McNaughton, 2006/0041
Rodgie Whelan, 2006/0085
Des Flynn, 2006/0071
Paul Hogan, 2006/0061
Denis Sheehan, 2006/0025
Dermot Long, 2006/0033
Tony Doody, 2005/01/0019
Stephen Creech, 2005/01/0006
John Kenna, 2005/05/0012
Dave Canty, 2006/0022

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The following 60 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on July 3, 2006 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Michael McGuirk, 2006/0039
Gerard Linehan, 2006/0007
Graham Keane, 2005/05/0011
Derek O’Brien, 2005/03/0010
Pierce O’Brien, 2005/03/0023
Noel McCoy, 2005/03/0009
Finbarr O’Donovan, 2006/0084
Aengus O’Donovan, 2006/0089
John McCarthy, 2006/0103
Brendan Sweeney, 2006/0097
Michael Whelan, 2006/0036
David Rooney, 2006/0037
Joseph Daly, 2006/0038
Giles Gildea, 2006/0040
Ivan Stronge, 2006/0021
Derek Ward, 2006/0042
William Allen, 2006/0043
Maurice Allen, 2006/0044
Laurence (Larry) Taaffe, 2006/0045
Daniel O’Loughlin, 2006/0047
Tom Delaney, 2006/0048
Mel Doyle, 2006/0051
William Tighe, 2006/0052
Billy Nolan, 2006/0053
Paul McAuley, 2006/0062
Joseph Doyle, 2006/0018
Jim O’Brien, 2006/0057
Eamonn Lyons, 2006/0058
Aidan O’Brien, 2006/0059
Terry O’Hanlon, 2006/0063
Vincent Whelan, 2006/0065
Vincent Coffey, 2006/0066
Richard Walsh, 2006/0067
Michael Sammon, 2006/0068
Noel Walsh, 2006/0070
Tom Hennessy, 2006/0073
Killian John Hennessy, 2006/0074
Damien Frisby, 2006/0075
Lee Coffey, 2006/0076
Edward Grant, 2006/0079
Frank Hayden, 2006/0080
Al Swaby, 2005/01/0020
Neil Kelly, 2006/0081
Richard Passberger, 2006/0056
Nicholas Flynn, 2006/0082
Larry Farrell, 2006/0083
Edward Carroll, 2006/0086
John Doyle, 2006/0087
James Tate, 2006/0088
Keith Fennelly, 2006/0090
Michael Bradshaw, 2006/0091
Joe O’Callaghan, 2006/0093
Vince O’Donovan, 2006/0094
Stephen White, 2006/0095
John Ferns, 2006/0096
Jannes Helmholt, 2006/0099
Pat O’Donovan, 2006/0102
Colin Leach, 2006/0108
Don Doran, 2005/02/0010
Andre Passberger, 2006/0100

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The following 45 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on May 4th 2006 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Roddy Moore, 2006/0001
Ahmed R. Salman, 2005/02/0005
Owen Dunne, 2006/0002
Dan Power, 2006/0003
Michael Cleere, 2006/0005
Frank Bass, 2006/0006
John Harris, 2006/0009
Pat Kavanagh, Jnr., 2006/0010
Aidan Canavan, 2006/0011
Brendan Holden, 2006/0013
Brian Murphy, 2006/0014
Seamus Hennessy, 2006/0017
Albie Valentyn, 2005/03/0028
Frank Brady, 2005/04/0006
Alan Doyle, 2005/04/0014
Gerry Lenihan, 2005/01/0027
Damien Hannigan, 2006/0019
Ken Graham, 2005/01/0017
Michael Moloney, 2006/0023
Paul Hogan, 2006/0024
Bill Daly, 2006/0026
Liam Daly, 2006/0027
Peter Maher, 2005/02/0020
Tony Dunne, 2006/0029
John Connelly, 2005/05/0024
Paddy Cahill, 2006/0031
John Clooney, 2006/0032
Alan Duke, 2006/0015
Nicholas Owens, 2006/0008
Walter Barry, 2006/0004
John O’Grady, 2006/0012
Matt Wilson, 2006/0035
Stephen Dunn, 2005/05/0009
Camilla Sjostrand, 2005/05/0018
John J. Jackson, 2005/05/0018
Wayne O’Hea, 2005/01/0032
John Creedon, 2005/01/0033
Paul Wood, 2005/04/0002
Edward Minihan, 2005/04/0015
Ivan O’Neill, 2006/0030
Peter Hunt, 2005/04/0010
Ross Hunt, 2005/04/0011
Sean Coady, 2006/0020
Seamus Doheny, 2006/0028
John Morehead, 2005/01/0013
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The following 27 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on February 8th 2006 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Frank Byrne, 2005/03/0013
Declan Keogh, 2005/03/0014
Philip Blake, 2005/03/0005
Michael Kane, 2005/05/0001
Anthony Ward, 2005/05/0005
John Fenton, 2005/05/0007
Murtagh Murphy, 2005/05/0008
Sean O’Carolan, 2005/02/0002
Vincent Maguire, 2005/05/0013
Murtagh Logan, 2005/05/0017
Franz Waldburg, 2005/04/0018
Tom Stewart, 2005/05/0021
Barry Coad, 2005/01/0002
Wesley Atkinson, 2005/01/0003
Rob Simpson, 2005/05/0022
Damien Clarke, 2005/05/0023
Luigi Iafrate, 2005/03/0016
Michael Lynham, 2005/04/0019
Neil Forde, 2005/02/0015
David Kelly, 2005/03/0025
Anthony Buckley, 2005/01/0016
Michael Cunningham, 2005/04/0005
Craig McCleane, 2005/04/0007
George Albert Foster, 2005/03/0015
Michael MacGiolla Coda, 2005/03/0018
Conal Byrne, 2005/04/0012
Liam Houston, 2005/03/0004
Liam M. Nolan, 2005/01/0001
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The following 32 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on October 17th 2005 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Dominic Byrne, 2005/01/0012
Tony Tang, 2005/02/0001
Hugh Hogan, 2005/02/0003
Ian Alcock, 2005/02/0004
Paul Cullen, 2005/02/0009
Dominic O’Hea, 2005/01/0031
Joe Melia, 2005/01/0007
Jonathan Murphy, 2005/01/0009
Liam McGarry, 2005/02/0019)
Jim Walsh, 2005/03/0007
Tommy Kelly, 2005/02/0012
Thomas Kelly, 2005/02/0013
John Donohue, 2005/01/0024
Mitchel Symes, 2005/02/0018
Tom Grace, 2005/01/0035
William Auld, 2005/02/0017
Jim Daly, 2005/04/0003
David Daly, 2005/04/0004
Billy Sheridan, 2005/04/0009
Pat White, 2005/04/0017
Mark Quinlan, 2005/04/0021
Martin Reddy, 2005/02/0007
Dermot Reddy, 2005/02/0008
Brian Shaw, 2005/02/0006
Turlough Nolan, 2005/03/0002
Jack Nolan, 2005/03/0003
David Gardiner, 2005/03/0006
Denis Horgan, 2005/03/0017
Pat Keogh, 2005/03/0019
Peter Duggan 2005/03/0020
Joe Murphy, 2005/03/0026
Brendan Considine, 2005/03/0027

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The following 7 candidates were deemed HCAP-certified on August 17th 2005 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Kevin O’Shea, 2005/01/0010)
John Smyth, 2005/01/0014)
Brian Nolan, 2005/01/0022
Liam Good, 2005/01/0025
Larry Ryan, 2005/01/0028
Pat Scully, 2005/01/0029)
Seamus Bennett, 2005/01/0030)

HCAP-CERTIFIED CANDIDATES, JUNE 27, 2009

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The following 105 candidates are deemed HCAP-certified following the Range Test held on June 27, 2009 (name, followed by Personal HCAP Assessment Number):

Gerry Houlihan, 2007/0205
Patrick Moriarty, 2008/0072
Trevor Davis, 2007/0063
John Flynn, 2007/0071
John Kelly, 2008/0139
Vahe Bogossian , 2008/0117
Brian Upton, 2009/0003
Bernard Stokes, 2009/0004
Eamonn Giblin, 2007/0180
Brendan Cleere, 2009/0079
Paul Bowler, 2009/0020
Peter Moylan, 2009/0025
Noel Morrin, 2009/0034
Gerard Cummins, 2009/0036
Declan Mortimer, 2008/0079
Michael Gibbons, 2009/0039
Gerard O’Connor, 2009/0046
John Murphy, 2009/0054
Robert Heneghan, 2009/0055
Fred Moore, 2009/0056
Breffni Archer, 2009/0057
Patrick G. O’Doherty, 2009/0059
Enda Moynihan, 2008/0151
Tadgh O’Keeffe, 2009/0016
Michael Fitzhenry, 2009/0023
John Joe Cullotty, 2009/0028
Michael Gottstein, 2009/0051
Robert Nugent, 2009/0029
John Geoghegan, 2009/0094
Donal Delaney, 2009/0032
David O’Doherty, 2009/0038
Kenneth O’Brien, 2009/0030
Mark Rylands, 2009/0041
Eddie O’Brien, 2008/0059
Derek Stamp, 2009/0043
Keith McCleane, 2009/0044
Martin Fleming, 2009/0050
Kevin O’Sullivan, 2009/0049
Pat Brennan, 2009/0061
Annraoi Milner, 2009/0063
William Ireland, 2009/0064
Kevin J. McCarthy, 2009/0065
Kevin O’Sullivan, 2009/0066
Raymond McCarthy, 2009/0067
Patrick Fleming, 2009/0069
Joseph Darcy, 2009/0070
Frank McCarthy, 2009/0071
Michael Heffernan, 2009/0072
Dermot Hayes, 2009/0100
John Joe Maher, 2009/0074
Nevin Hindle, 2009/0076
Michael Watkins, 2008/0077
Michael Corbett, 2009/0068
Paul Fletcher, 2009/0040
Thomas Brennan, 2009/0083
Andrew Kelly, 2009/0084
John Doran, 2009/0085
Aidan O’Sullivan, 2009/0089
Sean Rigley, 2009/0109
Willie Barry, 2008/0140
John Brennan, 2009/0097
Daniel O’Flaherty, 2008/0129
Robert Jordan, 2009/0008
Finbar Buttimer, 2009/0019
Paul McFadden, 2009/0052
Richard Young, 2009/0081
Denis O’Conor, 2009/0101
Oliver Naughton, 2009/0103
Donal Keegan, 2008/0158
Eddie Goggin, 2009/0095
Anthony Gilbert, 2009/0113
John O’Donoghue, 2009/0115
Rahul Rana, 2009/0112
John McGrory, 2008/0160
Tom Noonan, 2009/0093
Pearse O’Shannon, 2009/0047
Mark Deery, 2009/0048
Simon Gummer, 2009/0107
Jim Gannon, 2009/0110
Tony St. Leger, 2009/0082
Brendan M. Rohan, 2009/0122
Niall Brady, 2009/0127
Michael Boyle, 2009/0128
Jason Moore, 2009/0129
Donald Flanagan, 2009/0130
Lorcan Dodrill, 2009/0134
Sean Carlin, 2009/0137
David Shannon, 2009/0139
Kevin Barber, 2009/0141
Neil Gallagher, 2009/0142
John Hederman, 2009/0143
Michael Kane, 2009/0144
James Finlay, 2009/0104
Eoin McSweeney, 2009/0078
William Bolger, 2008/0027
Liam Jennings, 2009/0031
Billie O’Regan, 2008/0067
Mary O’Regan, 2008/0068
James Smith, 2009/0075
John Fortune, 2008/0134
Douglas Culligan, 2009/0037
John Leech, 2008/0007
Eamonn Wall, 2008/0086
Richard Slattery, 2008/0149
Fergus Kent, 2009/0104

A total of 146 candidates were eligible for this Range Test. 123 attended on June 27, of which 105 Candidates passed, 17 failed and 1 candidate did not complete the course of fire. There were 23 no-shows or deferrals on the day.

Congratulations to all successful candidates and thanks to all who assisted in processing this record number of candidates. Special thanks to Pat Scully and Liam McGarry Jnr., also John Flynn, John Connelly and Liam McGarry Snr., and of course Midland Range personnel including Tony Saunders. All successful candidates were awarded their HCAP Certificates after completing the course of fire. The Deer Alliance has also produced a Safety Leaflet setting out the core principles of safety to be followed at all times and these were circulated to all participants in the Range Test.

The next Range Test will take place in October 2009 (date to be confirmed) and not in August 2009 as previously indicated on this blog. Candidates who failed in the Range Test on June 27, also Candidates who deferred the test or for one reason or another failed to turn up on June 27, can participate in the October Range Test by notifying the Deer Alliance in writing, together with Repeat Fee €50.00 (if applicable, i.e. if repeating the Range Test), not later than September 1st 2009. There will be one further MCQ Assessment in 2009, to be held in Laragh, Co. Wicklow in September 2009.

HCAP RANGE TEST SATURDAY JUNE 27, 2009

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The following candidates, having previously passed the MCQ stage of HCAP Assessment, are eligible to participate in the HCAP Range Test scheduled for Saturday June 27, 2009 at Midlands Range, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (Firing Point Number, followed by Name and HCAP number – notified deferrals excluded):

(Note: A Map to the Midlands Range is available on this blogspot as an archived posting – see Older Posts)

Candidates should ensure they arrive in time for their designated time slot. Later placements in particular should arrive before their allotted time as placements may open up due to no-shows and/or deferrals, in which cases the HCAP Range Officer has discretionary authority to fill all firing points.This especially applies to later afternoon firing details.

FIRING DETAIL #1, START TIME 10 A.M. SHARP

1: Gerry Houlihan, 2007/0205
2: Steven Spillane, 2009/0145
3: Patrick Moriarty, 2008/0072
4: Trevor Davis, 2007/0063
5: John Flynn, 2007/0071
6: John Kelly, 2008/0139
7: Stephen Buckley, 2009/0018
8: Vahe Bogossian , 2008/0117
9: Brian Upton, 2009/0003
10: Bernard Stokes, 2009/0004
11: Eamonn Giblin, 2007/0180
12: Brendan Cleere, 2009/0079
13: Paul Bowler, 2009/0020
14: Peter Moylan, 2009/0025
15: Noel Morrin, 2009/0034
16: Brendan Morrin, 2009/0035

FIRING DETAIL #2, START TIME 10.45 A.M. SHARP

1: Gerard Cummins, 2009/0036
2: Declan Mortimer, 2008/0079 (2009/0037)
3: Michael Gibbons, 2009/0039
4: Gerard O’Connor, 2009/0046
5: William Egan, 2007/0200
6: Des Crofton, 2007/0014
7: Stefan Ritzen, 2009/0011
8: John Murphy, 2009/0054
9: Robert Heneghan, 2009/0055
10: Fred Moore, 2009/0056
11: Breffni Archer, 2009/0057
12: Patrick G. O’Doherty, 2009/0059
13: Patrick Scallon, 2009/0060
14: James Walsh, 2008/0135
15: Enda Moynihan, 2008/0151
16: Tadgh O’Keeffe, 2009/0016

FIRING DETAIL #3, START TIME 11.30 A.M. SHARP

1: Michael Fitzhenry, 2009/0023
2: John Joe Cullotty, 2009/0028
3: Michael Gottstein, 2009/0051
4: Robert Nugent, 2009/0029
5: John Geoghegan, 2009/0094
6: Donal Delaney, 2009/0032
7: George Partridge, 2009/0053
8: David O’Doherty, 2009/0038
9: Kenneth O’Brien, 2009/0030
10: Noel Smith, 2008/0054
11: Mark Rylands, 2009/0041
12: Eddie O’Brien, 2008/0059
13: Derek Stamp, 2009/0043
14: Keith McCleane, 2009/0044
15: James Armitage, 2008/0074
16: Martin Fleming, 2009/0050

FIRING DETAIL #4, START TIME 12.15 P.M. SHARP

1: Kevin O’Sullivan, 2009/0049
2: Ciaran Nugent, 2009/0042
3: Pat Brennan, 2009/0061
4: David Byrne, 2009/0062
5: Annraoi Milner, 2009/0063
6: William Ireland, 2009/0064
7: Kevin J. McCarthy, 2009/0065
8: Kevin O’Sullivan, 2009/0066
9: Raymond McCarthy, 2009/0067
10: John Lalor, 2009/0078
11: Patrick Fleming, 2009/0069
12: Joseph Darcy, 2009/0070
13: Frank McCarthy, 2009/0071
14: Michael Heffernan, 2009/0072
15: Dermot Hayes, 2009/0100
16: Rory Hogan, 2009/0077

FIRING DETAIL #5, START TIME 1 P. M. SHARP

1: John Joe Maher, 2009/0074
2: Allen Furlong, 2009/0075
3: Nevin Hindle, 2009/0076
4: Michael Watkins, 2008/0077
5: Michael Corbett, 2009/0068
6: Paul Fletcher, 2009/0040
7: James Greaves, 2009/0080
8: Thomas Brennan, 2009/0083
9: Andrew Kelly, 2009/0084
10: John Doran, 2009/0085
11: Kevin Birchall, 2009/0086
12: Niall Keogh, 2009/0088
13: Aidan O’Sullivan, 2009/0089
14: Patrick McBride, 2009/0090
15: Nigel McBride, 2009/0091
16: Liam Nolan (Thurles), 2009/0073

FIRING DETAIL #6, START TIME 1.45 P.M. SHARP

1: Sean Rigley, 2009/0109
2: Willie Barry, 2008/0140
3: John Brennan, 2009/0097
4: Noel Smith, 2008/0054
5:Daniel O’Flaherty, 2008/0129
6: Karel Jonkind, 2008/0128
7: Simon Steele, 2008/0155
8: Robert Jordan, 2009/0008
9: Finbar Buttimore, 2009/0019
10: Conall Brennan, 2009/0033
11: Paul McFadden, 2009/0052
12: Richard Young, 2009/0081
13: Denis O’Conor, 2009/0101
14: Oliver Naughton, 2009/0103
15: Donal Keegan, 2008/0158
16: Joseph McBride, 2009/0092

FIRING DETAIL #7, START TIME 2.30 P.M. SHARP

1: Robert Hutchinson, 2009/0108
2:Eddie Goggin, 2009/0095
3: Anthony Gilbert, 2009/0113
4: James Finlay, 2009/0104
5: John O’Donoghue, 2009/0115
6: Conor Dennedy, 2009/0116
7: Pat Kelly, 2009/0117
8: John O’Donnell, 2008/0002
9: Edward Costelloe, 2007/0105
10: Rahul Rana, 2009/0112
11: John McGrory, 2008/0160
12: Tom Noonan, 2009/0093
13: Pearse O’Shannon, 2009/0047
14: Mark Deery, 2009/0048
15: William Kirwan, 2009/0105
16: Simon Gummer, 2009/0107

FIRING DETAIL #8, START TIME 3.15 P.M. SHARP

1: Jim Gannon, 2009/0110
2: Tony St. Leger, 2009/0082
3: Seamus J. McKeogh, 2009/0120
4: Jeff Banks, 2009/0121
5: Brendan M. Rohan, 2009/0122
6: Niall Brady, 2009/0127
7: Michael Boyle, 2009/0128
8: Jason Moore, 2009/0129
9: Donald Flanagan, 2009/0130
10: Paul O’Reardon, 2009/0131
11: James Flynn, 2009/0132
12: Patrick Dodrill, 2009/0133
13: Lorcan Dodrill, 2009/0134
14: William Bolger,
15: Sean Carlin, 2009/0137
16: Patrick McManus, 2009/0138

FIRING DETAIL #9, START TIME 4 P.M. SHARP

1: David Shannon, 2009/0139
2: Kevin Barber, 2009/0141
3: Neil Gallagher, 2009/0142
4: John Hederman, 2009/0143
5: Michael Kane, 2009/0144
6: Eoin McSweeney, 2009/0078
7: Liam Jennings, 2009/0031
8: Billie O'Regan, 2008/0067
9: Mary O'Regan, 2008/0068
10: James Smith, 2009/0075
11: John Fortune, 2008/0134
12: Douglas Culligan, 2009/0037
13: John Leech, 2008/0007
14: Eamonn Wall

(In the event of places opening up in earlier Firing Details due to no-show of candidates, placements may be altered at the discretion of the Deer Alliance HCAP Range Officer)

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The Range Test will commence at 10 a.m. sharp. All candidates listed for the 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Firing Details must be present on the Windmill Range (Open/Outdoor Range at Midland RC) not later than 9.45 a.m. Given the large number of candidates to be processed on Saturday, NO REPEATS WILL BE POSSIBLE. All Candidates may shoot twice on the Grouping Target and once on the Deer Target, or once on the Grouping Target and twice on the Deer Target, but if still unsuccessful, it will not be possible to repeat the Test on this day.

All candidates are required to produce evidence of Insurance Cover if requested, also Firearms Certificate (if requested). Candidates are reminded that Midland Range reserve the right to refuse admission or access to shooting if using a Sound Moderator other than a factory-fitted sound moderator.

Successful Candidates, having passed the Range Test, will be issued their HCAP Certificate after shooting, and are reminded not to leave the ground without collecting their Certificate.

Candidates whose names are omitted from the above list (for example, being eligible from MCQ sittings prior to 2009) are advised to submit their names, HCAP numbers, and date and venue of MCQ at which they qualified for a Range Test, by text to 086 1927 845 or by email to hcap@ireland.com, before Thursday June 25, 2009.

RESULTS OF HCAP MCQs, June 6th and 9th 2009.

2009-06-19T12:12:00.000+01:00

The following candidates were successful in the HCAP MCQ held in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal on Saturday June 6th 2009 and in Dublin on Tuesday June 9th 2009 and are eligible to participate in the Range Test on Saturday June 27, 2009 from 10 a.m. at Midland Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (HCAP number, followed by Pass mark achieved):

2008/0002, 100%
2007/0105, 82%
2008/0159, 82%
2008/0160, 90%
2009/0010, 96%
2009/0047, 96%
2009/0048, 90%
2009/0105, 82%
2009/0107, 98%
2009/0110, 84%
2009/0111, 96%
2009/0112, 96%
2009/0118, 96%
2009/0093, 80%
2009/0082, 98%
2009/0120, 90%
2009/0121, 88%
2009/0122, 82%
2009/0127, 84%
2009/0128, 82%
2009/0129, 82%
2009/0130, 80%
2009/0131, 80%
2009/0132, 94%
2009/0133, 92%
2009/0134, 94%
2009/0136, 96%
2009/0137, 86%
2009/0138, 98%
2009/0139, 94%
2009/0141, 98%
2009/0142, 98%
2009/0143, 98%
2009/0144, 98%
2009/0145, 94%
2009/0146, 80%

For map and directions to the Midland Range at Blue Ball, see archived posting on this site.

The following candidates (number, followed by mark achieved) were unsuccessful and are required to re-sit and pass the MCQ stage before proceeding to any Range Test.The application fee for repeat candidates is €50.00. MCQ dates and venues are posted periodically on this blog site. “Fail” grades may be appealed to the HCAP Assessment Committee, subject to written application accompanied by re-checking fee, €50.00. Where written application for re-checking is received, it is reviewed by the Committee at the next scheduled Committee meeting following receipt of application.

2008/0138, 76%
2009/0106, 64%
2009/0135, 70%

CANDIDATES ELIGIBLE FOR HCAP ASSESSMENT

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The following is a list of Candidates who have applied for Assessment under the Deer Alliance Hunter Competence Assessment Programme (HCAP) (includes applications received up to and including June 3, 2009) but who have not yet participated in the HCAP Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) written assessment. The list includes Candidates who applied some time ago and not necessarily in recent weeks. All candidates listed are eligible to participate in the HCAP MCQ scheduled to take place in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal on Saturday June 6, 2009 (see separate posting).

The MCQ will be preceded on the Saturday morning (start time 10 a.m.) by a Revision Session, open to all eligible candidates. Venue: Business Development Centre, Institute of Technology, Port Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. Enquiries to Sean Carlin, tel. 087 649 4648.

Padraic Kennedy
James Rogan
John O’Donnell
David Egan
Michael O’Connor
Jack Roest
Edward Costello
Liam Smith
Gerard Savage
Aaron Cuddy
Michael Hurley
James Pettit
John Pettit
Bill Phelan
Hugh O’Reilly
Raymond Byrne
Gerry McCarthy
Harry Gillanders
John Guthrie
Patrick Carey
Jonathan Blackmore
Cornelis van Bladel
John McGrory
Rob Heneghan
Stephane Fouere
Eoin Gillespie
Patrick Murphy
James Fitzharris
Jason Moore
Gregory O’Doherty
Oliver McMahon
Neil McGrath
Michael Nagle
Pearse O’Shannon
Mark Deery
William Kirwan
Brian Henderson
Simon Gummer
Jim Gannon
John Foy
Rahul Rana
Seppi Hona
Tom Noonan
Tony St. Leger
Gerard McGuinness
Seamus J. McHugh
Jeff Banks
Brendan M. Rohan
Frank Boxwell
P. J. Boxwell
Diarmuid Maher
Niall Brady
Michael Boyle
Jason Moore
Donald Flanagan
Paul O’Reardon
James Flynn
Patrick Dodrill
Lorcan Dodrill
Peter Evans
Said Tribek
Dr Brian McGleenon
Sean Carlin
Patrick McManus
David Shannon
Damien Dennehy

HCAP MCQ, LETTERKENNY, CO. DONEGAL, SATURDAY JUNE 6, 2009

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The next scheduled HCAP MCQ will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday June 6, 2009, at the Business Development Centre, Institute of Technology, Port Road, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. Closing date for applications is first post on Tuesday June 2, 2009. Application Forms can be downloaded from the Deer Alliance website, www.deeralliance.ie, and should be forwarded together with Assessment Fee €100.00 to Deer Alliance, P.O. Box 10, Bray, Co. Wicklow, to arrive not later than Tuesday June 2, 2009.

The MCQ will be preceded on the Saturday morning (start time 10 a.m.) by a Revision Session, bookings for which should be made through the Donegal Branch of the Irish Deer Society. Enquiries to Sean Carolan, tel. 087 649 4648.

HCAP RANGE TEST, SATURDAY JUNE 27, 2009

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The next scheduled HCAP Range Test will take place on Saturday June 27, 2009 at the Midland Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, commencing at 10 a.m. sharp. The numbers of all eligible candidates are shown in the results previously given here on the blog postings for each HCAP MCQ (Laragh, Galway, Cahir and Boyle). The names of all eligible candidates, together with Firing Detail Start Times, will be posted here following the next scheduled HCAP MCQ in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal (June 6, 2009, see details posted separately).

RESULTS OF HCAP MCQ, BOYLE, CO. ROSCOMMON, MAY 16th, 2009.

2009-05-17T23:19:00.000+01:00

The following candidates were successful in the HCAP MCQ held in Boyle, Co. Roscommon on Saturday May 16th 2009 and are eligible to participate in the Range Test on Saturday June 27, 2009 from 10 a.m. at Midland Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (HCAP number, followed by Pass mark achieved):

2008/0077, 86%
2008/0155, 82%
2009/0008, 86%
2009/0011, 82%
2009/0019, 96%
2009/0033, 84%
2009/0073, 92%
2009/0081, 90%
2009/0101, 88%
2009/0103, 92%
2009/0104, 90%
2009/0108, 80%
2009/0109, 82%
2009/0113, 90%
2009/0114, 94%
2009/0115, 96%
2009/0116, 92%
2009/0117, 86%

For map and directions to the Midland Range at Blue Ball, see archived posting on this site.

The following candidate (number, followed by mark achieved) was unsuccessful and is required to re-sit and pass the MCQ stage before proceeding to any Range Test. MCQ dates and venues are posted periodically on this blog site. “Fail” grades may be appealed to the HCAP Assessment Committee, subject to written application accompanied by re-checking fee, €50.00. Where written application for re-checking is received, it is reviewed by the Committee at the next scheduled Committee meeting following receipt of application.

2008/0130, 74%

RESULTS OF HCAP MCQ, CAHIR, CO. TIPPERARY, APRIL 25th, 2009.

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The following candidates were successful in the HCAP MCQ held in Cahir, Co. Tipperary on Saturday April 25th 2009 and are eligible to participate in the Range Test on Saturday June 27, 2009 from 10 a.m. at Midland Rifle Range, Blue Ball, Tullamore, Co. Offaly (HCAP number, followed by Pass mark achieved):

2007/0200, 80%
2008/0135, 90%
2008/0151, 92%
2009/0016, 80%
2007/0014, 86%
2009/0023, 84%
2009/0028, 80%
2009/0029, 88%
2009/0030, 90%
2009/0031, 80%
2009/0032, 84%
2009/0038, 82%
2009/0040, 90%
2009/0041, 92%
2009/0042, 84%
2009/0043, 84%
2009/0044, 84%
2009/0049, 96%
2009/0050, 88%
2009/0051, 94%
2008/0074, 92%
2008/0059, 92%
2009/0061, 82%
2009/0062, 84%
2009/0063, 86%
2009/0064, 84%
2009/0065, 82%
2009/0066, 88%
2009/0067, 82%
2009/0068, 92%
2009/0069, 90%
2009/0070, 90%
2009/0071, 88%
2009/0072, 80%
2009/0100, 92%
2009/0074, 92%
2009/0075, 80%
2009/0076, 80%
2009/0077, 80%
2009/0078, 80%
2009/0079, 94%
2009/0080, 84%
2009/0083, 80%
2009/0084, 96%
2009/0085, 90%
2009/0086, 88%
2009/0088, 82%
2009/0089, 80%
2009/0090, 84%
2009/0091, 80%
2009/0092, 84%
2009/0094, 80%
2009/0095, 84%
2008/0140, 80%
2009/0097, 82%
2008/0054, 88%
2008/0079, 90%

For map and directions to the Midland Range at Blue Ball, see archived posting on this site.

The following candidates (numbers, followed by mark achieved) were unsuccessful and are required to re-sit and pass the MCQ stage before proceeding to any Range Test. MCQ dates and venues are posted periodically on this blog site. “Fail” grades may be appealed to the HCAP Assessment Committee, subject to written application accompanied by re-checking fee, €50.00. Where written application for re-checking is received, it is reviewed by the Committee at the next scheduled Committee meeting following receipt of application. Application forms for Repeat MCQs can be downloaded from www.deeralliance.ie and must be accompanied by HCAP Repeat Fee €50.00. Note: On this occasion only, late applications will be accepted for the MCQ taking place on Saturday May 16th in Boyle, Co. Roscommon (see separate posting on this blog). Candidates wishing to repeat on May 16th should register by ‘phone, voicemail, text or email (086 1927 845 or hcap@ireland.com); it is not necessary to post application forms, instead they can be submitted in person on May 16th in Boyle, together with Repeat Fee.

2009/0033, 74%
2009/0099, 72%
2008/0058, 56%
2009/0073, 44%
2009/0101, 74%
2009/0082, 74%
2009/0102, 76%
2009/0087, 74%
2009/0093, 64%
2009/0096, 68%

CONFIRMATION OF MCQ DATE

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Confirmation - The next scheduled HCAP MCQ will take place at "Results" Gym, Carrick Road, Boyle, Co. Roscommon at 3 p.m. on Saturday May 16th 2009.

A list of eligible candidates will be posted here shortly.

However on this occasion, late entries will be accepted from 2 p.m. on Saturday, both from new candidates and Repeat candidates from previous MCQs - provided intending late entrants register by 'phone (086 1927 845) or email (hcap@ireland.com) beforehand.

CANDIDATES ELIGIBLE FOR HCAP ASSESSMENT

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The following is a list of Candidates who have applied for Assessment under the Deer Alliance Hunter Competence Assessment Programme (HCAP) as at April 23, 2009 but who have not yet participated in the HCAP Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) written assessment. Many of these Candidates are listed to participate in the MCQ scheduled to take place at the Kilcoran Lodge Hotel, Cahir, Co. Tipperary on Saturday April 25, 2009 (3 p.m.). Others are listed for Boyle, Co. Roscommon on Saturday May 16, and still others for Letterkenny, Co. Donegal on Saturday June 6. The list includes Candidates who applied some time ago and not necessarily in recent weeks.

William J. P. Egan
Padraic Kennedy
James Rogan
John O’Donnell
David Egan
Michael O’Connor
Jack Roest
Edward Costello
Liam Smith
Gerard Savage
Aaron Cuddy
Michael Hurley
James Pettit
John Pettit
Bill Phelan
Darren O’Flaherty
James Walsh
Hugh O’Reilly
Raymond Byrne
Gerry McCarthy
Harry Gillanders
Enda Moynihan
John Guthrie
Patrick Carey
Jonathan Edward Blackmore
Simon Steel
Cornelis van Bladel
John McGrory
Rob Heneghan
Stephane Fouere
Eoin Gillespie
Stefan Ritzen
Patrick Murphy
James Fitzharris
Tadgh O’Keeffe
Des Crofton
Finbar Buttimore
Gregory O’Doherty
Michael Fitzhenry
Oliver McMahon
Neil McGrath
John Joe Culloty
Robert Nugent
Kenneth O’Brien
Liam Jennings
Donal Delaney
Conall Brennan
David O’Doherty
Paul Fletcher
Mark Rylands
Ciaran Nugent
Derek Stamp
Keith McCleane
Michael Nagle
Pearse O’Shannon
Mark Deery
Kevin O’Sullivan
Martin Fleming
Michael Gottstein
James Armitage
Eddie O’Brien
Michael Watkins
Kieran Smith
Patrick Smith
Pat Brennan
David Byrne
Annraoi Milner
William Ireland
Kevin J. McCarthy
Kevin O’Sullivan
Raymond McCarthy
Michael Corbett
Patrick Fleming
Joseph Darcy
Frank McCarthy
Michael Heffernan
Dermot Hayes
Liam Nolan (Thurles)
Denis O’Conor
John Joe Maher
James Smith
Nevin Hindle
Rory Hogan
Eoin McSweeney
Brendan Cleere
John J. Linehan
Richard Young
Tony St. Leger
Paul O’Brien
Thomas Brennan
Andrew Kelly
John Doran
Kevin Birchall
Denis O’Sullivan
Niall Keogh
Aidan O’Sullivan
Patrick McBride
Nigel McBride
Joseph McBride
Tom Noonan
John Geoghegan
Eddie Goggin
Pat Hurley
Willie Barry
John Brennan

HCAP MCQ APRIL 25, 2009 - VENUE

2009-04-15T13:22:00.000+01:00

Please note that the HCAP MCQ scheduled for 3 p.m. on Saturday April 25, 2009 will take place at the Kilcoran Lodge Hotel, Cahir, Co. Tipperary (located 3 miles from Cahir between Cahir & Mitchelstown on the old Cork/Dublin road), and not at the Cahir House Hotel as previously notified.

HCAP MCQ, SATURDAY APRIL 25, 2009

2009-04-14T13:30:00.000+01:00

The next scheduled HCAP MCQ will take place on Saturday April 25, 2009, at 3 p.m. at the Kilcoran Lodge Hotel Cahir, Co. Tipperary (located 3 miles from Cahir between Cahir & Mitchelstown on the old Cork/Dublin road). Applications close on Monday April 20, 2009. Application Forms can be downloaded from the main Deer Alliance website, www.deeralliance.ie.

This MCQ is held under the auspices of the Wild Deer Association of Ireland for the benefit of WDAI Members but is open to non-members also.