Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
Link to this: Individually | In context

455. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the proposed purchase of lands at Glen of the Downs, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56511/25]

Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South-West, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), the executive agency with responsibility for managing Ireland's National Parks and Nature Reserves, occasionally purchases land for strategic and conservation purposes. Such acquisitions are considered carefully on a case by case basis, weighing the environmental and operational benefits of a site against the overall cost.

In light of the commercial sensitivity of these considerations and the strategic implications of bringing these considerations into the public domain, I am not in a position to comment on any individual site that is offered for sale.