Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body that made the submission to the Shannon Callows prior to the formation of local led schemes; and the details of same. [24620/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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 An application for a project in the Shannon Callows under my Department's open call for proposals under the European Innovation Partnerships Initiative, was received on 27 January last.  Entitled the "Callows Farmland Biodiversity Conservation Project" its objectives are to strategically deliver agriculture biodiversity conservation through farmland management for a range of priority species and habitats within the callows systems associated with the River Shannon.  The lead applicant for this project is BirdWatch Ireland. 

This project has been approved for development of a detailed project plan, which will be used to assess its suitability to proceed for full implementation on the ground.