Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 139: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the area abutting the river Delvin on its north side is part of the river Nanny and Estuary Special Protection Area; and if it is not, if he will outline the processes used to determine where a change to the boundary would be including any scientific evaluations, public notices and correspondences to prescribed bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16034/12]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Notification of a proposal to designate The River Nanny Estuary and Shore Special Protection Area (SPA) was publicly advertised by my Department in January 2008. The designation process permits landowners and others to appeal the inclusion of specific areas within Special Protection Areas. The inclusion of an area at the southern end of the SPA was the subject of such an appeal. Consideration of appeals is confined strictly to their ornithological merits. A review by my officials of available bird-usage data for the site justifies a revision of the boundary to exclude from the SPA part of the land that was subject to the appeal.

The designation process for this SPA will be concluded with the making of a Statutory Instrument for the site which will be publicly notified in due course. The revised boundary for the site will be reflected in the Statutory Instrument. The original and proposed revision of the boundary may be viewed on my Department's National Parks and Wildlife Service website at www.npws.ie.