Michael McNamara (Clare, Labour) | Oireachtas source

-----which are not NHAs. I cited the example of proposed NHAs, but there are other parcels of land beyond that which were never proposed as NHAs but which NPWS personnel can verify are important areas for the very birds that were named by Mr. O'Driscoll but are not included in the mapping. The current approach is very much a case of "Computer says no". Although BirdWatch Ireland or the NPWS, which are, after all, the bodies that should have expertise in this field, can say that they have observed geese or swans in a particular field and it is an important habitat for them, this does not appear to be included in the Department's mapping exercise. Can they be included for new applications? I am not talking about extending it to new species or doing anything else.