Written answers
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Special Areas of Conservation
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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330. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hectares in each county that are designated special areas of conservation, special protection areas and natural heritage areas, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7092/17]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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331. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the percentage of total land designated as special areas of conservation, special protection areas and natural heritage areas by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7093/17]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 330 and 331 together.
Ireland is committed to the implementation of the EU Nature Directives. It has identified and protected 439 sites for designation or designated as special areas of conservation and 154 sites as special protection areas. In addition, 148 natural heritage areas have been designated under the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
| COUNTY | Total Terrestrial Area (ha) | Terrestrial SAC Area (ha) | Percent Terrestrial SAC Area | Terrestrial SPA Area (ha) | Percent Terrestrial SPA Area | Terrestrial NHA Area (ha) | Percent Terrestrial NHA Area | Terrestrial SAC/SPA/NHA Area (ha) | Percent Terrestrial SAC/SPA/NHA Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 89,601.72 | 4,418.62 | 4.93% | 0.00 | 0.00% | 0.00 | 0.00% | 4,418.62 | 4.93% |
| Cavan | 193,133.53 | 11,825.05 | 6.12% | 3,149.68 | 1.63% | 729.48 | 0.38% | 13,771.56 | 7.13% |
| Clare | 319,736.63 | 38,308.04 | 11.98% | 30,526.55 | 9.55% | 3,003.72 | 0.94% | 68,519.00 | 21.43% |
| Cork | 746,600.61 | 23,875.53 | 3.20% | 26,383.69 | 3.53% | 1,564.30 | 0.21% | 49,102.05 | 6.58% |
| Donegal | 484,559.33 | 84,982.74 | 17.54% | 47,179.26 | 9.74% | 5,293.24 | 1.09% | 94,800.80 | 19.56% |
| Dublin | 92,566.98 | 3,862.00 | 4.17% | 2,262.34 | 2.44% | 16.56 | 0.02% | 4,138.38 | 4.47% |
| Galway | 612,204.63 | 129,527.72 | 21.16% | 75,872.08 | 12.39% | 15,958.62 | 2.61% | 172,931.25 | 28.25% |
| Kerry | 474,870.45 | 119,222.89 | 25.11% | 46,123.98 | 9.71% | 1,660.26 | 0.35% | 151,292.31 | 31.86% |
| Kildare | 169,408.69 | 1,722.45 | 1.02% | 30.41 | 0.02% | 260.10 | 0.15% | 2,012.89 | 1.19% |
| Kilkenny | 206,138.29 | 4,281.71 | 2.08% | 262.09 | 0.13% | 34.82 | 0.02% | 4,315.20 | 2.09% |
| Laois | 171,917.93 | 6,433.51 | 3.74% | 15,225.27 | 8.86% | 277.70 | 0.16% | 18,541.45 | 10.79% |
| Leitrim | 158,871.88 | 17,833.85 | 11.23% | 632.21 | 0.40% | 4,396.69 | 2.77% | 22,206.98 | 13.98% |
| Limerick | 268,522.06 | 6,001.94 | 2.24% | 23,286.96 | 8.67% | 172.44 | 0.06% | 28,485.99 | 10.61% |
| Longford | 108,476.68 | 5,986.10 | 5.52% | 5,369.42 | 4.95% | 1,037.99 | 0.96% | 7,075.31 | 6.52% |
| Louth | 82,626.59 | 3,873.49 | 4.69% | 755.30 | 0.91% | 0.00 | 0.00% | 4,256.53 | 5.15% |
| Mayo | 558,678.44 | 124,326.28 | 22.25% | 46,866.10 | 8.39% | 7,873.36 | 1.41% | 133,939.51 | 23.97% |
| Meath | 234,249.99 | 2,425.75 | 1.04% | 1,094.27 | 0.47% | 436.01 | 0.19% | 3,424.78 | 1.46% |
| Monaghan | 129,444.74 | 56.81 | 0.04% | 3,448.74 | 2.66% | 1,130.80 | 0.87% | 3,511.70 | 2.71% |
| Offaly | 199,644.77 | 6,452.77 | 3.23% | 9,622.80 | 4.82% | 1,414.72 | 0.71% | 13,033.46 | 6.53% |
| Roscommon | 253,753.32 | 13,599.66 | 5.36% | 9,817.81 | 3.87% | 4,132.91 | 1.63% | 18,131.51 | 7.15% |
| Sligo | 181,235.05 | 25,144.27 | 13.87% | 4,488.40 | 2.48% | 1,591.87 | 0.88% | 28,341.13 | 15.64% |
| Tipperary | 425,286.93 | 14,514.25 | 3.41% | 18,138.43 | 4.26% | 4,507.42 | 1.06% | 33,574.46 | 7.89% |
| Waterford | 183,942.10 | 10,314.74 | 5.61% | 2,492.39 | 1.35% | 0.00 | 0.00% | 11,948.07 | 6.50% |
| Westmeath | 183,763.43 | 9,483.43 | 5.16% | 9,281.51 | 5.05% | 2,789.87 | 1.52% | 13,621.48 | 7.41% |
| Wexford | 235,795.72 | 6,599.73 | 2.80% | 4,140.61 | 1.76% | 2.39 | 0.00% | 8,723.55 | 3.70% |
| Wicklow | 202,485.43 | 32,662.12 | 16.13% | 31,263.07 | 15.44% | 0.00 | 0.00% | 37,411.45 | 18.48% |
| Totals: | 6,967,515.91 | 707,735.45 | 10.16% | 417,713.36 | 6.00% | 58,285.27 | 0.84% | 951,529.41 | 13.66% |
Land may be within more than one designated area category – this has been taken in to account in the Terrestrial SAC/SPA/NHA Area and Percent Terrestrial SAC/SPA/NHA Area columns. SAC/SPA/NHA Area figures represent the total area nominated for designation/designated within each county.
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