266. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list the sites of community importance that are likely to transition into special areas of conservation in the next two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49319/25]
Topics / Special Areas of Conservation
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSpecial Areas of Conservation
36 questions from 11 TDs, between 1 April 2025 and 7 July 2026.
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267. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if new terrestrial and marine sites continue to be assessed as sites of community importance, or if the focus is solely on progressing current SCIs to SAC status; the rationale behind same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49320/25]
268. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps that have been taken to date in response to the request for SAC designation of a site (details supplied); the timeframe for action if no steps have been taken, given that this is a simple site with only one landowner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49321/25]
269. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a site (details supplied) will be selected as a monitoring site for future reporting under Article 17 of the EU Habitats Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49322/25]
463. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is the long-term policy of his Department to reclassify further water bodies within Lough Corrib SAC as heavily modified water bodies (HMWBs) under the EU Water Framework Directive in a deliberate manner to undermine the integrity of the SAC for the commercial development of the lake and its tributaries; and if he will mak…
1088. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that the Cong Salmon Hatchery run by Inland Fisheries Ireland in county Galway is not located within a special area of conservation, the reason the licence for its operation is to be subject to an initial appropriate assessment screening under the EU Habitats Directive when the current licence is renewed in 2027; and if he will…
246. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide maps for Laois regarding special areas of conservation, proposed/candidate special areas of conservation, natural heritage areas, proposed natural heritage areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22113/25]
1197. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage , further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 496 and 497 of 1 April, if he plans to publish an SAC management plan for the Boyne-Kells Blackwater SAC; if so, if concerned stakeholders will have the opportunity to make submissions on any such plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19202/25]
615. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider a review on the special areas of conservation maps. [16898/25]
496. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 83 of 15 February 2023 and 294 of November 2022, and in light of recent court rulings (details supplied), if he plans to review his position and deliver individual conservation plans for each special area of conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15802/25]
497. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether it is important that concerned stakeholders get the opportunity to make submissions on any future SAC conservation plans; the way in which he plans to facilitate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15803/25]