Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and habitat space for wild species such as, but not limited to, insect hotels, bat boxes, nesting towers and beehives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23857/22]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department does not have a policy in place to install such artificial structures.  However, my Department is committed to implementing green public procurement (GPP) policies in all appropriate tenders including landscaping tenders.

The information in respect of state bodies, within the scope of the Deputy’s question, is not held by my Department. Contact details for these bodies are set out in the attached document should the Deputy wish to contact them directly with this query.

Contact E-Mail Addresses for State Bodies under the Remit of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

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