John Paul O'Shea (Cork North-West, Fine Gael)
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908. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department, in consultation with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, will consider purchasing lands (details supplied) in Cork which are currently for sale to assist the State in reaching its nature targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11753/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department occasionally purchases land for strategic and conservation purposes. Such acquisitions are considered on a case by case basis. In light of the commercial sensitivity of such considerations and the strategic implications of bringing these considerations into the public domain, I am not in a position to comment on individual sites that are offered for sale.