Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 531: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the responsibilities beyond the management of the park of the Wicklow National Park divisional manager, regional manager, district conservation officer, head conservation ranger and general operatives (details supplied). [42791/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The staff referred to, while headquartered in the Wicklow Mountains National Park, also discharge functions across parts of the South East in relation to the Wildlife Acts 1976-2000 and of the EU Birds and Habitats Directives and, in particular, the protection of designated habitats and species.

The previous Divisional Manager for the Eastern Division of my Department's National Parks and Wildlife Service was headquartered in the Wicklow Mountains National Park office at Kilafin, Laragh. The present Divisional Manager operates from Dublin.