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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Regional Parks are public parks and are managed and operated by Local Authorities and the Office of Public Works.  A National Park is a protected area managed mainly for ecosystem protection, protecting natural biodiversity, promoting education and recreation, and in Ireland, the national parks represent the very best examples of such areas. State owned and run National Parks are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Ireland’s six National Parks are managed as Category II National Parks under the criteria set out by the World Conservation Union (IUCN).  Accordingly, all National Parks in Ireland are fully owned and managed by the State. and all are actively managed, inter alia,  for habitat conservation purposes. In 2017, the partnership between the National Parks and Wildlife...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I refer to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 59 of the 2nd of December 2021. The position is as outlined therein - the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) paper referred to is close to completion following the extensive research, consultation, orientation and feedback work. This  punctuates that part of the Review process and creates the conjunction to the next phases....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Forestry Sector (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I refer the Deputy to the reply to Question No. 222 of 7th October 2021. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The number of enforcement actions taken by my Department in the period 2011 to 2021 under Section 40 of the Wildlife Act 1976 is set out in the attached table. ">Hedge Cutting

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 456 and 545 together. My Department recently sent the draft Hen Harrier Threat Response Plan to the Consultative Committee, established to support the Plan's development, for their comments. The responses received from the Committee are now being carefully considered in my Department and will also be considered by the Inter-Departmental Steering Group in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The Curlew is a pressing national conservation concern, having experienced a 96% decline in the breeding population in the last 30 years. In early 2017, my Department's National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) established a Curlew Task Force. The Task Force adopted a collaborative approach to identify the policies and supports necessary to support breeding Curlew in Ireland. A wide...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 458 and 459 together. My Department's National Parks and Wildlife Service is establishing a Working Group to build on my commitment to ensure that any hunting of birds of conservation concern is sustainable. The Group will meet in the coming weeks and will consider the short, medium and long-term actions required to achieve this. In this context, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: In March 2021, €121,285,388 was allocated to Dublin City Council in respect of the North Inner City Concept Area 1 under Call 2 of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund. The North Inner City project involves the regeneration and redevelopment of several areas of the north city that have experienced a degree of decline and dereliction over a number of years. The main...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Greenways Provision (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: Proposals to construct greenways through Drogheda along both banks of the Boyne were referred to in the then Draft Louth County Development Plan (CDP) 2021-2027. Louth County Council referred this plan to my Department in October 2020, and a number of recommendations were subsequently submitted. In September 2021, my Department received further correspondence as part of an Appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Office of Public Works (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: National Monuments in my ownership or guardianship and managed by the Office of Public Works are, for the most part, accessible to the public, or where surrounded by privately owned land, accessible under local arrangements. Some monuments acquired in the past do not have a public right of way, but it is my Department's intention to acquire such rights, where possible, and with the agreement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I refer to the reply to Parliamentary Question 59 of the 2nd of December 2021. The NPWS Review process is still underway. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) paper referred to is close to completion following the extensive research, consultation, orientation and feedback work. This  punctuates that part of the Review process and creates the conjunction to the next phases....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: The project mentioned by the Deputy is a significant initiative which will support communities, and create exciting opportunities for recreation and ways to experience interesting places from new perspectives. Project updates are published regularly by Kildare County Council on its website.   Waterways Ireland was granted planning permission for the development of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I refer to the reply to Parliamentary Question 59 of the 2nd of December 2021. The position is that the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) paper referred to is close to completion following the extensive research, consultation, orientation and feedback work. (The title of this component on the Review process in not as set out.) This will punctuate that part of the Review process...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Monuments (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: In March 2021, €121,285,388 was allocated to Dublin City Council in respect of the North Inner City Concept Area 1 under Call 2 of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund. The North Inner City project involves the regeneration and redevelopment of several areas of the north city that have experienced a degree of decline and dereliction over a number of years.   The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: I refer to the reply to Parliamentary Question 59 of the 2nd of December 2021. The Review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is ongoing. The first phase is almost closed, following the extensive research, consultation, orientation and feedback work. This  punctuates that part of the Review process and creates the conjunction to the next phases. Meanwhile, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: While the National Parks and Wildlife service (NPWS) of my Department has and continues to work to address wildlife crime, additional resources and personnel are being made available across the NPWS to support this work. Additional rangers, who are at the forefront of this work, are now operating in locations across the country. A dedicated unit has been established...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: My Department's National Parks and Wildlife Service has commissioned a project to survey and assess a suite of woodland sites, including Toon Wood, with a view to informing decisions on whether or not NHA designation would be appropriate for these sites.  This work is underway and once the results of the project have been carefully considered a decision can be made on the designation of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (19 Jan 2022)

Malcolm Noonan: There are 632 proposed natural heritage areas in Ireland, including the area to which the Deputy refers. Although proposed natural heritage area sites are not subject to the protection provisions of the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000, they are taken into account in local and national land-use policy, agri-environmental farm planning schemes, and environmental assessments and they may...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (16 Dec 2021)

Malcolm Noonan: The Revised General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill was approved by Cabinet on 30 November 2021. I intend to refer the Revised General Scheme to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage over the coming days in order to commence pre-legislative scrutiny.