Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)
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Question 573: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in the context of the river basin proposals the Frenchfort Wetlands in their entirety, that is, the current special areas of conservation to the east and the westland to the west, which are dissected by the dual carriageway, are both to be protected insofar as they are integrally related, forming the one water plain; and if the river basin study acknowledges the integral connection of the water plain and its significance as water flows through it before making its egress to the sea. [26471/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 508 and 509 of 9 October 2007.

All three wetlands in this area will be listed in the Environmental Protection Agency's Register of Protected Areas. The relevant draft River Basin Management Plan is due to be published for public consultation in 2008 and to be adopted in 2009.