Special Areas of Conservation.

Tuesday, 13 December 2005

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Pat Breen

Question:

485 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 500 of 29 November 2005, the land area covered by the various special areas of conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38938/05]

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Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Mr. Roche)

The area in hectares of all special areas of conservation is set out in the following tables. In appropriate cases, these areas cover marine and terrestrial-freshwater areas, as well as land.

TABLE A

Candidate Special Areas of Conservation
(sites adopted by European Commission)
No.	Code	Name	Area
1	IE0000006	Killyconny Bog (Cloghbally)	191
2	IE0000007	Lough Oughter and Associated Loughs	4,748
3	IE0000014	Ballyallia Lake	186
4	IE0000016	Ballycullinan Lake	194
5	IE0000019	Ballyogan Lough	380
6	IE0000020	Black Head — Poulsallagh Complex	7,807
7	IE0000030	Danes Hole, Poulnalecka WN	32
8	IE0000032	Dromore Woods and Loughs	878
9	IE0000036	Inagh River Estuary	394
10	IE0000037	Pouladatig Cave	3
11	IE0000051	Lough Gash Turlough	25
12	IE0000054	Moneen Mountain	6,095
13	IE0000057	Moyree River System	481
14	IE0000064	Poulnagordon Cave (Quin)	0
15	IE0000077	Ballymacoda (Clonpriest and Pillmore)	487
16	IE0000090	Glengarriff Harbour and Woodland	1,316
17	IE0000091	Clonakilty Bay	508
18	IE0000093	Caha Mountains	6,861
19	IE0000097	Lough Hyne Nature Reserve and Environs	451
20	IE0000101	Roaringwater Bay and Islands	14,265
21	IE0000102	Sheep’s Head	490
22	IE0000106	St. Gobnet’s Wood	28
23	IE0000108	The Gearagh	559
24	IE0000109	Three Castle Head to Mizen Head	342
25	IE0000111	Aran Island (Donegal) Cliffs	518
26	IE0000115	Ballintra	49
27	IE0000116	Ballyarr Wood	30
28	IE0000129	Croaghonagh Bog	249
29	IE0000133	Donegal Bay (Murvagh)	1,810
30	IE0000138	Durnesh Lough	360
31	IE0000140	Fawnboy Bog/Lough Nacung	1,110
32	IE0000142	Gannivegil Bog	2,171
33	IE0000147	Horn Head and Rinclevan	2,285
34	IE0000154	Inishtrahull	471
35	IE0000158	Lough Akibbon and Gartan Lough	522
36	IE0000163	Lough Eske and Ardnamona Wood	642
37	IE0000164	Lough Nagreany Dunes	222
38	IE0000165	Lough Nillan Bog (Carrickatlieve)	4,158
39	IE0000168	Magheradrumman Bog	998
40	IE0000172	Meenaguse/Ardbane Bog	625
41	IE0000173	Meentygrannagh Bog	515
42	IE0000174	Curraghchase Woods	358
43	IE0000181	Rathlin O’Birne Island	812
44	IE0000185	Sessiagh Lough	72
45	IE0000189	Slieve League	3,925
46	IE0000190	Slieve Tooey/Tormore Island/Loughros Beg Bay	9,435
47	IE0000191	St. John’s Point	810
48	IE0000194	Tranarossan and Melmore Lough	656
49	IE0000197	West of Ardara/Maas Road	6,513
50	IE0000199	Baldoyle Bay	552
51	IE0000202	Howth Head	376
52	IE0000204	Lambay Island	405
53	IE0000205	Malahide Estuary	810
54	IE0000206	North Dublin Bay	1,475
55	IE0000208	Rogerstown Estuary	589
56	IE0000210	South Dublin Bay	742
57	IE0000212	Inishmaan Island	793
58	IE0000213	Inishmore Island	15,768
59	IE0000216	River Shannon Callows	5,825
60	IE0000218	Coolcam Turlough	142
61	IE0000231	Barroughter Bog	174
62	IE0000238	Caherglassaun Turlough	167
63	IE0000242	Castletaylor Complex	137
64	IE0000248	Cloonmoylan Bog	554
65	IE0000252	Coole-Garryland Complex	865
66	IE0000255	Croaghill Turlough	46
67	IE0000261	Derrycrag Wood Nature Reserve	118
68	IE0000268	Galway Bay Complex	14,409
69	IE0000278	Inishbofin and Inishshark	2,797
70	IE0000285	Kilsallagh Bog	280
71	IE0000286	Kiltartan Cave (Coole)	0
72	IE0000295	Levally Lough	57
73	IE0000296	Lisnageeragh Bog and Ballinstack Turlough	455
74	IE0000297	Lough Corrib	20,583
75	IE0000299	Lough Cutra	659
76	IE0000301	Lough Lurgeen Bog/Glenamaddy Turlough	1,154
77	IE0000304	Lough Rea	366
78	IE0000308	Loughatorick South Bog	888
79	IE0000318	Peterswell Turlough	57
80	IE0000319	Pollnaknockaun Wood Nature Reserve	81
81	IE0000322	Rahasane Turlough	352
82	IE0000324	Rosroe Bog	262
83	IE0000326	Shankill West Bog	136
84	IE0000328	Slyne Head Islands	2,385
85	IE0000330	Tully Mountain	473
86	IE0000332	Akeragh, Banna and Barrow Harbour	1,204
87	IE0000335	Ballinskelligs Bay and Inny Estuary	1,629
88	IE0000343	Castlemaine Harbour	7,618
89	IE0000353	Old Domestic Building, Dromore Wood	124
90	IE0000364	Kilgarvan Ice House	16
91	IE0000365	Killarney National Park, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks and Caragh	75,173
92	IE0000370	Lough Yganavan and Lough Nambrackdarrig	272
93	IE0000375	Mount Brandon	14,424
94	IE0000382	Sheheree (Ardagh) Bog	17
95	IE0000391	Ballynafagh Bog	156
96	IE0000396	Pollardstown Fen	270
97	IE0000397	Red Bog, Kildare	4
98	IE0000404	Hugginstown Fen	63
99	IE0000407	The Loughans	41
100	IE0000412	Slieve Bloom Mountains	4,891
101	IE0000428	Lough Melvin	2,101
102	IE0000432	Barrigone	66
103	IE0000439	Tory Hill	77
104	IE0000440	Lough Ree	13,612
105	IE0000448	Fortwilliam Turlough	52
106	IE0000453	Carlingford Mountain	3,100
107	IE0000455	Dundalk Bay	5,294
108	IE0000458	Killala Bay/Moy Estuary	2,024
109	IE0000461	Ardkill Turlough	37
110	IE0000463	Balla Turlough	52
111	IE0000466	Bellacorick Iron Flush	17
112	IE0000470	Mullet / Blacksod Bay Complex	14,065
113	IE0000471	Brackloon Woods	80
114	IE0000472	Broadhaven Bay	9,075
115	IE0000474	Ballymaglancy Cave, Cong	0
116	IE0000475	Carrowkeel Turlough	54
117	IE0000476	Carrowmore Lake Complex	3,645
118	IE0000479	Cloughmoyne	98
119	IE0000480	Clyard Kettle-holes	114
120	IE0000484	Cross Lough (Killadoon)	57
121	IE0000485	Corraun Plateau	3,887
122	IE0000492	Doocastle Turlough	77
123	IE0000495	Duvillaun Islands	530
124	IE0000497	Flughany Bog	231
125	IE0000500	Glenamoy Bog Complex	12,648
126	IE0000503	Greaghans Turlough	59
127	IE0000504	Kilglassan/Caheravoostia Turlough Complex	157
128	IE0000507	Inishkea Islands	537
129	IE0000516	Lackan Saltmarsh and Kilcummin Head	540
130	IE0000522	Lough Gall Bog	275
131	IE0000525	Shrule Turlough	228
132	IE0000527	Moore Hall (Lough Carra)	0
133	IE0000532	Oldhead Wood	86
134	IE0000534	Owenduff/Nephin Complex	25,884
135	IE0000541	Skealoghan Turlough	54
136	IE0000542	Slieve Fyagh Bog	2,377
137	IE0000566	All Saints Bog and Esker	387
138	IE0000571	Charleville Wood	378
139	IE0000572	Clara Bog	852
140	IE0000575	Ferbane Bog	153
141	IE0000576	Fin Lough (Offaly)W N	78
142	IE0000580	Mongan Bog	208
143	IE0000581	Moyclare Bog	130
144	IE0000582	Raheenmore Bog	210
145	IE0000584	Cuilcagh-Anierin Uplands	9,743
146	IE0000585	Sharavogue Bog	223
147	IE0000588	Ballinturly Turlough	179
148	IE0000592	Bellanagare Bog	1,207
149	IE0000595	Callow Bog	618
150	IE0000597	Carrowbehy/Caher Bog	344
151	IE0000600	Cloonchambers Bog	348
152	IE0000604	Derrinea Bog	86
153	IE0000606	Lough Fingall Complex	580
154	IE0000607	Errit Lough	84
155	IE0000609	Lisduff Turlough	91
156	IE0000610	Lough Croan Turlough	150
157	IE0000611	Lough Funshinagh	481
158	IE0000612	Mullygollan Turlough	42
159	IE0000614	Cloonshanville Bog	240
160	IE0000622	Ballysadare Bay	2,145
161	IE0000623	Ben Bulben, Gleniff and Glenade Complex	5,954
162	IE0000625	Bunduff Lough and Machair/Trawalua/Mullaghmore	4,352
163	IE0000627	Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay)	4,859
164	IE0000633	Lough Hoe Bog	3,215
165	IE0000634	Lough Nabrickkeagh Bog	272
166	IE0000636	Templehouse and Cloonacleigha Loughs	495
167	IE0000637	Turloughmore (Sligo)	74
168	IE0000638	Union Wood	61
169	IE0000641	Ballyduff/Clonfinane Bog	270
170	IE0000646	Galtee Mountains	6,422
171	IE0000647	Kilcarren-Firville Bog	677
172	IE0000665	Helvick Head	205
173	IE0000668	Nier Valley Woodlands	103
174	IE0000671	Tramore Dunes and Backstrand	753
175	IE0000679	Garriskil Bog	325
176	IE0000685	Lough Ennell	1,720
177	IE0000688	Lough Owel	1,122
178	IE0000692	Scragh Bog	24
179	IE0000696	Ballyteige Burrow	679
180	IE0000697	Bannow Bay	1,314
181	IE0000700	Cahore Polders and Dunes	270
182	IE0000704	Lady’s Island Lake	557
183	IE0000707	Saltee Islands	15,809
184	IE0000708	Screen Hills	141
185	IE0000709	Tacumshin Lake	559
186	IE0000710	Raven Point Nature Reserve	595
187	IE0000713	Ballyman Glen	18
188	IE0000714	Bray Head	266
189	IE0000716	Carriggower Bog	96
190	IE0000717	Deputy’s Pass Nature Reserve	48
191	IE0000719	Glen of the Downs	74
192	IE0000725	Knocksink Wood	90
193	IE0000729	Buckroney-Brittas Dunes and Fen	320
194	IE0000733	Vale of Clara (Rathdrum Wood)	382
195	IE0000764	Hook Head	16,940
196	IE0000770	Blackstairs Mountains	5,053
197	IE0000781	Slaney River Valley	2,012
198	IE0000831	Cullahill Mountain	55
199	IE0000849	Spa Hill and Clomantagh Hill	131
200	IE0000859	Clonaslee Eskers and Derry Bog	279
201	IE0000869	Lisbigney Bog	38
202	IE0000919	Ridge Road, SW of Rapemills	17
203	IE0000925	The Long Derries, Edenderry	30
204	IE0000930	Clare Glen	24
205	IE0000934	Kilduff, Devilsbit Mountain	134
206	IE0000939	Silvermine Mountains	25
207	IE0000979	Corratirrim	117
208	IE0000994	Ballyteige (Clare)	6
209	IE0000996	Ballyvaughan Turlough	22
210	IE0001013	Glenomra Wood	53
211	IE0001021	Carrowmore Point to Spanish Point and Islands	4,051
212	IE0001040	Barley Cove to Ballyrisode Point	795
213	IE0001043	Cleanderry Wood	52
214	IE0001058	Great Island Channel	1,467
215	IE0001061	Kilkeran Lake and Castlefreke Dunes	98
216	IE0001070	Myross Wood	4
217	IE0001090	Ballyness Bay	1,236
218	IE0001107	Coolvoy Bog	307
219	IE0001125	Dunragh Loughs/Pettigo Plateau	1,981
220	IE0001141	Gweedore Bay and Islands	5,919
221	IE0001151	Kindrum Lough	105
222	IE0001179	Muckish Mountain	1,523
223	IE0001190	Sheephaven	1,809
224	IE0001195	Termon Strand	87
225	IE0001197	Keeper Hill	419
226	IE0001209	Glenasmole Valley	149
227	IE0001228	Aughrusbeg Machair and Lake	415
228	IE0001230	Courtmacsherry Estuary	735
229	IE0001242	Carrownagappul Bog	490
230	IE0001251	Cregduff Lough	73
231	IE0001257	Dog’s Bay	125
232	IE0001271	Gortnandarragh Limestone Pavement	347
233	IE0001275	Inisheer Island	552
234	IE0001285	Kiltiernan Turlough	35
235	IE0001309	Omey Island Machair	229
236	IE0001311	Rusheenduff Lough	32
237	IE0001312	Ross Lake and Woods	323
238	IE0001313	Rosturra Wood	39
239	IE0001321	Termon Lough	212
240	IE0001342	Cloonee and Inchiquin Loughs, Uragh Wood	1046
241	IE0001371	Mucksna Wood	7
242	IE0001387	Ballynafagh Lake	54
243	IE0001398	Rye Water Valley/Carton	66
244	IE0001403	Arroo Mountain	3,930
245	IE0001430	Glen Bog	28
246	IE0001432	Glenstal Wood	8
247	IE0001459	Clogher Head	24
248	IE0001482	Clew Bay Complex	11,990
249	IE0001497	Doogort Machair/Lough Doo	184
250	IE0001501	Erris Head	815
251	IE0001513	Keel Machair/Menaun Cliffs	1,617
252	IE0001529	Lough Cahasy, Lough Baun and Roonah Lough	301
253	IE0001536	Mocorha Lough	45
254	IE0001547	Castletownshend	18
255	IE0001571	Urlaur Lakes	266
256	IE0001625	Castlesampson Esker	34
257	IE0001626	Annaghmore Lough (Roscommon)	250
258	IE0001637	Four Roads Turlough	101
259	IE0001656	Bricklieve Mountains & Keishcorran	1,697
260	IE0001669	Knockalongy and Knockachree Cliffs	111
261	IE0001673	Lough Arrow	1,458
262	IE0001680	Streedagh Point Dunes	630
263	IE0001683	Liskeenan Fen	43
264	IE0001741	Kilmuckridge-Tinnaberna Sandhills	49
265	IE0001742	Kilpatrick Sandhills	40
266	IE0001757	Holdenstown Bog	4
267	IE0001766	Magherabeg Dunes	75
268	IE0001774	Lough Carra/Mask Complex	13,608
269	IE0001776	Pilgrim’s Road Esker	70
270	IE0001786	Kilroosky Lough Cluster	58
271	IE0001810	White Lough, Ben Loughs and Lough Doo	116
272	IE0001818	Lough Forbes Complex	1,337
273	IE0001831	Split Hills and Long Hill Esker	75
274	IE0001847	Philipston Marsh	4
275	IE0001858	Galmoy Fen	25
276	IE0001873	Derryclogher (Knockboy) Bog	1,713
277	IE0001879	Glanmore Bog	1,156
278	IE0001880	Meenaguse Scragh	627
279	IE0001881	Maulagowna Bog	426
280	IE0001890	Mullaghanish Bog	70
281	IE0001898	Unshin River	577
282	IE0001899	Cloonakillina Lough	68
283	IE0001912	Glendree Bog	340
284	IE0001913	Sonnagh Bog	470
285	IE0001919	Glenade Lough	114
286	IE0001922	Bellacorick Bog Complex	9,251
287	IE0001926	East Burren Complex	18,673
288	IE0001932	Mweelrea/Sheeffry/Erriff Complex	20,515
289	IE0001952	Comeragh Mountains	4,950
290	IE0001955	Croaghaun/Slievemore	3,295
291	IE0001957	Boyne Coast and Estuary	643
292	IE0001975	Ballyhoorisky Point to Fanad Head	1,293
293	IE0001976	Lough Gill	2,144
294	IE0001992	Tamur Bog	1,278
295	IE0002005	Bellacragher Saltmarsh	17
296	IE0002006	Ox Mountains Bogs	10,462
297	IE0002008	Maumturk Mountains	12,845
298	IE0002010	Old Domestic Building (Keevagh)	0
299	IE0002012	North Inishowen Coast	6,291
300	IE0002031	The Twelve Bens/Garraun Complex	16,006
301	IE0002032	Boleybrack Mountain	4,308
302	IE0002034	Connemara Bog Complex	48,484
303	IE0002036	Ballyhoura Mountains	766
304	IE0002037	Carrigeenamronety Hill	102
305	IE0002041	Old Domestic Building, Curraglass Wood	0
306	IE0002047	Cloghernagore Bog and Glenveagh National Park	31,719
307	IE0002070	Tralee Bay and Magheree Peninsula, West to Cloghane	11,637
308	IE0002074	Slyne Head Peninsula	4,028
309	IE0002081	Ballinafad	0
310	IE0002091	Newhall and Edenvale Complex	137
311	IE0002098	Old Domestic Building, Askive Wood	43
312	IE0002110	Corliskea/Trien/Cloonfelliv Bog	725
313	IE0002111	Kilkieran Bay and Islands	21,314
314	IE0002112	Ballyseedy Wood	40
315	IE0002117	Lough Coy	78
316	IE0002118	Barnahallia Lough	45
317	IE0002119	Lough Nageeron	19
318	IE0002120	Lough Bane and Lough Glass	122
319	IE0002121	Lough Lene	490
320	IE0002122	Wicklow Mountains	32,558
321	IE0002123	Ardmore Head	30
322	IE0002124	Bolingbrook Hill	206
323	IE0002125	Anglesey Road	36
324	IE0002126	Pollagoona Bog	16
325	IE0002129	Murvey Machair	80
326	IE0002130	Tully Lough	149
327	IE0002135	Lough Nageage	260
328	IE0002137	Lower River Suir	10,470
329	IE0002141	Mountmellick	2
330	IE0002144	Newport River	333
331	IE0002147	Lisduff Fen	30
332	IE0002157	Newgrove House	47
333	IE0002158	Kenmare River	33,822
334	IE0002159	Mulroy Bay	3,209
335	IE0002161	Long Bank	3,372
336	IE0002162	River Barrow and River Nore	19,124
337	IE0002164	Lough Golagh and Breesy Hill	785
338	IE0002165	Lower River Shannon	72,138
339	IE0002170	Blackwater River (Cork/Waterford)	15,049
340	IE0002171	Bandon River	361
341	IE0002172	Blasket Islands	22,712
342	IE0002173	Blackwater River (Kerry)	5903
343	IE0002176	Leannan River	71
344	IE0002177	Lough Dahybaun	76
345	IE0002179	Towerhill House	49
346	IE0002180	Gortacarnaun Wood	112
347	IE0002181	Drummin Wood	85
348	IE0002185	Slieve Mish Mountains	9,795
349	IE0002187	Drongawn Lough	31
350	IE0002189	Farranamanagh Lough	10
351	IE0002193	Ireland’s Eye	42
352	IE0002213	Glenloughaun Esker	6
353	IE0002214	Killeglan Grassland	51
354	IE0002236	Island Fen	13
355	IE0002241	Lough Derg, North-East Shore	3,654
356	IE0002243	Clare Island Cliffs	355
357	IE0002244	Ardrahan Grassland	202
358	IE0002245	Old Farm Buildings, Ballymacrogan	0
359	IE0002246	Ballycullinan, Old Domestic Building	6
360	IE0002247	Toonagh Estate	6
361	IE0002249	The Murrough Wetlands	691
362	IE0002250	Carrowmore Dunes	428
363	IE0002252	Thomastown Quarry	4
364	IE0002256	Ballyprior Grassland	72
365	IE0002257	Moanour Mountain	47
366	IE0002258	Silvermines Mountains West	676
367	IE0002259	Tory Island Coast	3,177
368	IE0002261	Magharee Islands	2,270
369	IE0002262	Valencia Harbour/Portmagee Channel	2,693
370	IE0002263	Kerry Head Shoal	5,797
371	IE0002264	Kilkee Reefs	2,655
372	IE0002265	Kingstown Bay	80
373	IE0002268	Achill Head	7,165
374	IE0002269	Carnsore Point	8736
375	IE0002274	Wicklow Reef	1,533
376	IE0002279	Askeaton Fen Complex	285
377	IE0002280	Dunbeacon Shingle	42
378	IE0002281	Reen Point Shingle	5
379	IE0002283	Rutland Island and Sound	3,378
380	IE0002287	Lough Swilly	9,263
381	IE0002293	Carrowbaun, Newhall and Ballylee Turloughs	107
382	IE0002294	Cahermore Turlough	66
383	IE0002295	Ballinduff Turlough	61
384	IE0002296	Williamstown Turloughs	235
385	IE0002298	River Moy	231
386	IE0002299	River Boyne and River Blackwater	38
387	IE0002301	River Finn WN	1,290
388	IE0002303	Dunmuckrum Turloughs	20
389	IE0002306	Carlingford Shore	526
390	IE0002313	Ballymore Fen	43
391	IE0002314	Old Domestic Building, Rylane	0
392	IE0002315	Glanlough Woods	0
393	IE0002316	Ratty River Cave	1
394	IE0002317	Cregg House Stables, Crusheen	0
395	IE0002318	Knockanira House	0
396	IE0002319	Kilkishen House	0
397	IE0002320	Kildun Souterrain	1
398	IE0002332	Coolrain Bog	146
399	IE0002336	Carn Park Bog	248
400	IE0002337	Crosswood Bog	207
401	IE0002338	Drumalough Bog	276
402	IE0002339	Ballynamona Bog and Corkip Lough	245
403	IE0002340	Moneybeg and Clareisland Bogs	364
404	IE0002341	Ardagullion Bog	117
405	IE0002342	Mount Hevey Bog	484
406	IE0002346	Brown Bog	77
407	IE0002347	Camderry Bog	281
408	IE0002349	Corbo Bog	207
409	IE0002350	Curraghlehanagh Bog	278
410	IE0002352	Monivea Bog	287
411	IE0002353	Redwood Bog	555
412	IE0002354	Tullaghanrock Bog	104
413	IE0002356	Ardgraigue Bog	184
		Total	1,056,074

TABLE B

Candidate Special Areas of Conservation
(sites awaiting transmission to European Commission)
No	Code	Name	Area
414	IE0002324	Glendine Wood	20
415	IE0002312	Slieve Bernagh Bog	2,161
416	IE0002348	Clooneen Bog	215
417	IE0002333	Knockacoller Bog	137
418	IE0002351	Moanveanlagh Bog	215
419	IE0002331	Mouds Bog	590
420	IE0002343	Tullaher Lough and Bog	487
		Total	3,825