Seán Ryan (Dublin North, Labour)
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Question 231: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Sluice River Marsh, Portmarnock, County Dublin will be designated a natural heritage area or as a nature conservation area and same has the support and recommendation of Dúchas-National Parks and Wildlife Service. [4916/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Sluice River Marsh, Portmarnock, County Dublin was one of numerous sites publicly advertised from 1994 onwards on a non-statutory basis as proposed natural heritage areas NHAs. The Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 provides for the statutory designation of NHAs. To date, I have designated 148 raised bog and blanket bog sites as NHAs and I expect to advertise proposals for further NHAs, selected on the basis of objective scientific criteria, within the next 12 months. Sluice River Marsh is under consideration in this context.