Written answers
Thursday, 11 July 2024
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
National Parks and Wildlife Service
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the National Parks and Wildlife Service’s (NPWS) customer service standards, including its service levels and procedures for dealing with formal complaints from the public; its undertakings and follow up procedures in circumstances where it fails to meet its published standards and service levels; whether he is satisfied that the NPWS is fully compliant with the Department’s own published standards and service levels, and with the Civil Service Code of Practice (details supplied); and if he is not so satisfied, the reason why, and what action he proposes to take to ensure compliance. [30531/24]
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is an integral part of his Department; if so, the role the secretary general of his Department has in the governance and accountability of the NPWS; and if the secretary general has no role, to whom, and by what transparent means, the NPWS reports directly for top-level governance and accountability purposes. [30532/24]
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide copies of all species control licences issued, and the applications made for these licences, by his Department or the National Parks and Wildlife Service in respect of herring gulls, Greater black-backed gulls and lesser black-backed gulls during the years 2021 to 2024 to date. [30533/24]
Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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The information sought is not readily available and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work.
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30534/24]
Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department or the National Parks and Wildlife Service has archived the complete policy file(s) on the 1976 Wildlife Act (details supplied). [30535/24]
Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 249 and 250 together.
The Wildlife Act 1976 was sponsored by the Minister for Lands and came into operation on 1 June 1977. The Ministry responsible for nature conservation has moved across a number of Departments of State in the intervening years. The National Parks and Wildlife Service has been part of a number of Departments of State during this time.
My Department is seeking to establish the custody of the files referenced, the extent to which those files have been archived and to ensure that these files are identified, archived and made available for inspection. However, in view of the number of Departments in which these files originated this will take some time to complete.
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