Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent by his Department and by the national parks and wildlife service in hiring helicopters in each of the past three years; and the breakdown of the yearly amount paid for this service. [41201/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The cost of helicopter hire organised directly by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department for the past three years is set out below:

Helicopter hire connected with the recent development of the Diamond Hill Walkway in Connemara National Park was arranged by the contractor concerned and the cost of helicopters was a matter between the contractor and the helicopter sub-contractor. Similarly, certain survey work undertaken in both 2004 and 2005 for the mapping of Special Areas of Conservation involved the assistance of a helicopter, to be arranged by the contractor concerned within the overall price tendered for the contract.