Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the implementation of the National Biodiversity Strategy; if an audit has been carried out in relation to the plan; the number of its recommendations that have been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15139/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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In November 2005, my Department published a review of the implementation of the National Biodiversity Plan. This indicated that 83 of the 91 actions in the plan were either fully implemented or that implementation was ongoing. Copies of this interim review are available in the Oireachtas Library.

My Department is currently coordinating the development of a new National Biodiversity Plan, which will cover the five-year period 2008-2012. As part of this process, a further review of the status of implementation of the 91 actions in the current plan is underway and my Department is consulting with other Government Departments in this regard.