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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (23 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishery patrol days by the Naval Service in each of the past 20 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14437/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (23 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of factory vessels, including their size ranges that were recorded as being present in Irish waters in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14440/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (23 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority capability review; how many of the 46 recommendations have been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14438/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Appointments (23 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether an advisory board, nominated by his Department, comprising members with expertise and/or professional experience in senior administration, public sector governance requirements and management has been put in place for the SFPA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14439/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: This morning, I was at a briefing from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul at which the speakers talked about energy poverty and expressed their concerns about what is going to happen to people regarding the high costs of energy. They said that over the course of the past year, the organisation had 230,000 requests of help, including 1,200 a day in December. I would imagine that for those...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: This is less than the amount we are expecting in respect of the windfall tax.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will list the number of local authorities that have been funded for biodiversity officers to date; the number that are being employed; the funding allocated for those posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14201/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hedge Cutting (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authorities that have undertaken hedgerow surveys; whether targeted funding is available to councils to undertake this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14202/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline his role, in the study and protection of hedgerows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14203/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review of the Wildlife Act 1976; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14206/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times the NPWS working group, convened to focus on bird species of concern that are included in the open season hunting list, has met; the outcomes from those meetings; what the next steps will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14207/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will exclude bird species of concern that is, red and amber listed from the 2023-2024 open season hunting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14208/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department operates under the principle of the precautionary approach in relation to species management, and if not, the rationale for not adhering to that ecological principle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14209/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the NPWS national survey on the prevalence of RHD2 in rabbits has been completed; what the results of that survey were and their relevance to hare populations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14210/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the scientific, social or economic considerations and assessment he takes into account when issuing the annual licence for hare coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14211/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Development a new National Invasive Species Management Plan; if any legislation is forthcoming on invasives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14212/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ban the sale of rhododendron ponticum due to the environmental and economic cost of its spread as an invasive species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14213/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the species introductions that have taken place over the past ten years; and the reintroductions that are currently being considered for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14214/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on each action in the NPWS strategic plan, including if the action is completed, or on track to meet its deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14215/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (22 Mar 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 135. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the appointment of park manager for each national park has been completed; if he will outline plans for the development of management plans for each of the parks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14216/23]