Written answers
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
EU Directives
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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627. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a report on the EU Birds Directive has not been submitted since 2012; when a report will be submitted; her views on whether the State is meeting its targets under the directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36578/17]
Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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628. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a report on the EU Habitats Directive for the 2013 to 2014 period has not been submitted; when a report will be submitted; her views on whether the State is meeting its targets under the directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36579/17]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 627 and 628 together.
Ireland submitted its last annual report to the European Commission in 2014 and arrangements are underway to submit all outstanding reports which will be filed over the coming 6 months. I should add that the six year report on the status and trends of Ireland’s bird species required under the Birds Directive for the years 2008 to 2012 - the Article 12 Report - was submitted to the European Commission in February 2014.
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