John Clendennen (Offaly, Fine Gael)
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503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to advise when the new Countryside Forum for Nature is to hold its first meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36240/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department is currently engaging with potential stakeholder groups that will be invited to participate in a soon-to-be established Countryside Forum for Nature. The purpose of this Forum is to engage with, and to take on board the views of, a cross section of relevant and appropriate stakeholder interests. Once the membership of the Forum has been agreed, it is intended that Terms of Reference for the Forum will be drafted by the NPWS for discussion at a first meeting of the Forum in early Autumn.