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Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: A permit must visibly be displayed on the boat.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: It must if the boat is moored.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: We can clarify it for the Deputy.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I think a measure of discretion could be looked at in the by-laws.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: It could be addressed in the by-laws.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: It does not say that. It can be addressed.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: It can be addressed through that conduit. The word "reasonable" is used twice on page 9 under (iv) at line 19 and also further down at line 29. That should satisfy the Deputy's concerns.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: It is behaving reasonably and giving direction, so it is of use. The officer may request rather than require.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: There is a distinction there, insofar as we can be prescriptive.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I think that applies everywhere.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: This section lists the domestic primary wildlife legislation which is referred to in the Bill. Accordingly, as the birds directive has been incorporated into wildlife legislation, I cannot accept the amendment. The birds directive specifically aims to protect all of the 500 wild bird species naturally occurring in the European Union. Concerned with their decline, member states...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: Yes, under special areas of conservation, SAC, regulations.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: We are finalising the designation of 430 SACs. There was a long consultation period on these and wildlife protection. There have been many misclaims by BirdWatch Ireland. There was an extensive public consultation, a protracted debate in both Houses and in no way was there a rolling back. It is a gross misrepresentation of the situation. We are seeking an evidence basis for any change...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: The birds are protected.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: We as a member state take our role very seriously under the birds and the habitats directives. We have to report back regularly to the Commission on the steps we are taking to protect birds. As far as I am concerned, we are doing everything we can. Europe is home to more than 500 wild bird species, but 32% of them are not in a good conservation status. The birds directive, which came into...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: That can happen.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I do not accept that.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: If the Deputy has concerns about specific birds, I can revert to him about them but the Bill in no way tries to put the life of any birds in a precarious or sensitive position. It tries to look after them. It does not do what the Deputy or BirdWatch Ireland claim. I do not know if he is referencing a particular species.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: We had a detailed-----

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Josepha Madigan: I am trying to establish exactly what point the Deputy is making.