Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 623 to 625, inclusive, of 20 February 2018, the extent to which the interim report referred to had a bearing on the 2018-2019 derogation declaration signed by her on 2 May 2018 (details supplied). [26052/18]

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 623 to 625, inclusive, of 20 February 2018, if she will provide a copy of the interim report from the State-wide review. [26053/18]

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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268. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a copy of the submission and briefing notes submitted to her with regard to the State-wide derogations declaration for 2018 and 2019 signed by her on 2 May 2017 and posted on the National Parks and Wildlife Service's website (details supplied) and based on which she signed the 2018 and 2019 derogation. [26054/18]

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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269. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to act immediately on findings and recommendations in the final report from the State-wide review process; and if not, if she plans to wait until 1 May 2019 to publicly implement such recommendations as may arise in view of the annualised basis of the current derogation declaration whereby it is renewed circa 1 May each year. [26055/18]

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the final report from the State-wide review makes pertinent recommendations in regard to urban gull issues, derogation licensing, common EU policy and operational practices on public health grounds; and if her Department will engage with local authorities for their 2019 planning and budgeting cycle, that is, by October 2018 at the latest. [26056/18]

Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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271. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date on which the final report in regard to the State-wide review of the wild birds derogation process commissioned by her Department under external contract in January 2018 will be published. [26179/18]

Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 266 to 271, inclusive, together.

My Department is currently undertaking a review of the derogation process under Article 9 of the EU Birds Directive which will take account of all relevant factors, including perceived threats, distribution and population data available in respect of all the bird species in the derogations. ANIAR Ecology were appointed by my Department to undertake the review following a public tendering process. My Department is expecting a final report from the consultants shortly and following consideration of the draft report by my Department the final report will be published.

An interim report was received from the consultants in April this year which included recommendations in respect of the derogation process including in relation to the 2018/19 declarations.

I am arranging for a copy of the documents referred to by the Deputy in relation to the renewal of the declarations for the period commencing 1 May 2018 to be sent to her together with a copy of the consultants’ interim report which will also be published on the website of the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department. Following consideration of the consultants' final report, my Department will engage with relevant stakeholders as necessary.