Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 588: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of lands owned by Coillte designated as Natura 2000 sites and National Heritage sites for each of the baronies of County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31024/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised that, in relation to land owned by Coillte in Co. Mayo, some 2,875.32 hectares are designated Special Areas of Conservation [SACs] and some 389.39 hectares as Special Protection Areas [SPAs]. Both of these designations (SACs and SPAs) are collectively known as Natura 2000 sites. They overlap in some instances so they cannot be summed to give a total.

In relation to the land owned by the company in Co. Mayo designated as National Heritage sites [NHA], I am advised that there are 220.17 hectares of NHA and 2,305.58 hectares of proposed National Heritage Areas.

While it is not possible to provide a breakdown by barony a list of the designated Natura 2000 sites on Coillte land will be forwarded direct to the Deputy.