Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason additional special areas of conservation were added to farmland in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51517/12]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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I understand that the land in question is part of a Special Area of Conservation first put forward for designation in 1997 and that a proposal to re-designate the site with an amended boundary was advertised and notified in 2006.

I am advised that the landowner referred to in the Deputy's Question was notified in December 2006 of the proposal to re-designate the site and did not lodge any objection to it. There have been no changes to the boundary of the site in the interim.

I am arranging to have a site information pack forwarded to the landowner.