Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is aware of correspondence received by the National Parks and Wildlife Service from Mid and East Antrim Borough Council dated 1July 2025 in relation to the spreading of agricultural litter and manure on designated sites in the Republic of Ireland; and if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has responded to the correspondence. [68538/25]

Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South-West, Fianna Fail)
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The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department has received a letter from the Shared Environmental Service in Northern Ireland seeking our views and guidance on specific matters relating to the impact of the spreading of agricultural litter and manure originating from Northern Ireland, on designated sites in the Republic of Ireland. The Shared Environmental Service is seeking clarification of their legal obligations in terms of assessing impacts in Ireland of such activities and inquiring to how such activities are regulated and assessed in Ireland.

A detailed response will issue as soon as all of the complex legal and technical issues raised are resolved. My Department has been in contact with colleagues in Northern Ireland and offered to meet with them to clarify any issues.