Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the grants of up to €5,000 announced for biodiversity and nature recording in 2022 will be made available again this year. [10587/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department launched the 2023 Small Recording Grants Scheme on 23 February 2023. This is the fifth year of the grant scheme and to date, it has supported over 70 projects run by individuals and groups. Grants have covered the entire range of Irish natural history, including site recording of biological groups (e.g. moths, other terrestrial invertebrates, bats, plants, marine organisms), support for publications and updating of web sites, and support to purchase specialist survey equipment.

Applications are being sought from the recording community for Irish natural history-related projects. Application forms and further details are available at:

www.npws.ie/news/npws-grants-small-recording-projects-2023

The closing date for applications is 31 March 2023.