Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will detail the soil, water and gravel samples conducted to date by Geological Survey Ireland in partnership with Joyce Country and Western Lakes Geopark Project in Connemara and Joyce Country; the results of those samples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27511/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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Scientific research at this level is not part of the Geopark development project led by Geological Survey Ireland and funded by the Department of Rural and Community Development. Establishment of a Geopark is based on geology of international importance of a region. It enhances the tourism, cultural, and community business potential based on the geological and physical features of a region. No gravel, soil, nor water samples were taken in partnership with Joyce Country and Western Lakes Geopark project in Connemara and Joyce Country.