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

Peadar Tóibín: Has the Minister made regulations with regard to certain species in certain areas under that directive?

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

Peadar Tóibín: This could include extending the protection of certain areas into September for breeding. What areas in the country specifically have had such extensions?

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

Peadar Tóibín: I appreciate that. The Minister must agree that we are having this debate against a backdrop of a fairly radical decline in bird species in Ireland.

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

Peadar Tóibín: If they are declining, then they are not protected.

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

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister's comments jar with the fact that some bird species face extinction in Ireland.

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

Peadar Tóibín: It can happen but it is our job to reverse that trend and the Bill threatens the viability of-----

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

Peadar Tóibín: That is the-----

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

Peadar Tóibín: Curlew, corncrake, barn owl and yellowhammer are examples of birds that are under serious threat. This is a physical change to the birds' habitats-----

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

Peadar Tóibín: Excuse me, I am not finished.

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

Peadar Tóibín: I would like to finish a sentence.

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

Peadar Tóibín: If a hedge is cut where birds nest, feed and live while rearing the next generation, that represents a physical change to their environment. If the State then decides to extend the period during which that can happen, there is a smaller window for these species to thrive.

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

Peadar Tóibín: It is difficult to police that.

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

Peadar Tóibín: How many arrests have there been?

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

Peadar Tóibín: I will press my amendment.

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

Peadar Tóibín: Most of us in the room would probably agree the major problem is uncontrolled burning and the damage it does in the months indicated. Last May we saw really large fires take control of the landscape. It would be interesting to know what responsibility the Department has in preventing such fires. Last year or the year before there was only one application for a licence for controlled...

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

Peadar Tóibín: I ask the Minister to consider the uncontrolled burning. She should also consider that some species nest in upland areas in March which are threatened by the Government's proposal.

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

Peadar Tóibín: The amendment is in the names of three Deputies but I wish to press the amendment.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases (24 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 398. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for improvements in the diagnostic testing and treatment for Lyme disease here; and his further plans to meet with representatives of the organisation that represents persons with the condition here. [17792/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Media Mergers (24 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 471. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the contents of a report were communicated to a company (details supplied) or its representatives before the report was officially published; and the communications he has had with the company and its representatives since becoming Minister. [17951/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (24 Apr 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 480. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the profitability of the Navan to Dublin Bus Éireann NX route in comparison with other routes. [17407/18]