Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 37: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the intended timeframe for the implementation of the 10 key actions recommended in the recent report, Invasive Species in Ireland; when he intends to act on key action 1, which the authors of the report have highlighted as being of great urgency, that is to prepare risk assessments and contingency plans for species that are likely to invade Ireland in advance of their arrival. [16458/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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My Department and the Environment and Heritage Service in Northern Ireland are cooperating in the implementation of the key actions recommended in the recent report Invasive Species in Ireland. Tendering has been completed for the award of a three-year contract to take forward the recommendations of the Report on an all-Ireland basis, and the award of the contract will be announced shortly. Work is expected to commence later this month.

The preparation of risk assessments and contingency plans to address the threat of new invasions will be addressed as part of this work.