Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 741: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason Cratlagh Wood, County Donegal, has not been classified as a special area of conservation; and if he will consider classifying it as such. [32390/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, the habitats directive, provides the basis for the selection and designation of ecological sites as special areas of conservation. Sites are selected on the basis of scientific criteria set out in annexe III to the directive. I understand that Cratlagh Wood, Milford, County Donegal, does not meet the scientific criteria for designation as a special area of conservation.