Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-North Leitrim, Independent)
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Question 523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding special area of conservation lands in County Sligo in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29996/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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My Department recently received correspondence from the person in question as he wished to make a late appeal to the boundary of the River Moy candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) in County Sligo.

The person in question had been notified of the designation in December 2006 and informed of his right to appeal the boundary and of the time-limits which applied. However, no appeal was made prior to the statutory three-month deadline for receipt of appeals. It is not possible to re-open the appeals process for candidate Special Areas of Conservation once the statutory deadline has been passed.

My Department wrote to the person in question on 12 February 2010 and explained this position to him.