John Bruton
Question:178 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage Gaeltacht and the Islands if intensive farming practices such as heavy levels of fertilisation, pesticide use and removal of hedgerows have contributed to the reduction in the number of certain species of wildlife; if so, if she will list the species affected giving in each case the rate of estimated decline in the past twenty years; and the other non-agricultural phenomena, which may have contributed to the decline in numbers. [15473/01]