Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget allocation for the National Parks and Wildlife Service in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the budget allocated to same in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56562/22]

Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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This Government’s commitment to transforming the way Ireland values nature is clearly evident in the steady increase in budget and resources for the National Parks and Wildlife Service since 2020.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service will receive €52.6m in programme funding in 2023, in addition to a significant increase in staffing resources. Combined with EU funding for LIFE Programmes and an expansion of the Local Authority Biodiversity Officers Programme through the Heritage Council, this gives us an effective total funding for nature and biodiversity of over €90m.

NPWS Funding 2020 - 2023