Michael Lowry (Tipperary North, Independent)
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Question 889: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an area (details supplied) in County Tipperary is under consideration for classification as a special area of conservation; the progress since 1997 in classifying the area as a special area of conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10655/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I understand the site in question, Commons of Carney, is a shallow, winter flooded basin in an undulating limestone topography supporting a typical Schoenus fen vegetation. While it is not proposed to designate the site as a special area of conservation, it is being considered for proposal as a natural heritage area. However, before the site can formally be proposed further survey work will need to be undertaken by my Department.