I propose to take Questions Nos. 319 and 320 together.
The townland of Monakeeeba East lies wholly within candidate special area of conservation, Barroughter Bog – Site Code 231 – in County Galway. Section 4 of the European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations, 1997 (S.I. 94 of 1997), specifies the procedures in respect of the manner of notification of candidate special areas of conservation. Considerable efforts were made to locate the address of and notify in writing every occupier/owner of land in the proposed site. A total of 135 landowners were notified in writing of the proposals to designate Barroughter Bog. Such notification included details of compensation arrangements, appeals mechanisms and a description and a detailed map of the site.
In addition, advertisements appeared in the local press – Connaught Tribune 13 March 1997, Galway Advertiser 13 March 1997 and Connaught Sentinel 11 March 1997 – detailing the townlands affected by the proposed designation of Barroughter Bog. This advertisement provided contact names and telephone numbers of conservation rangers who might be contacted for further clarification. In addition, maps of the pSACs were displayed in one or more local Garda stations, local authority offices and local offices of the Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development and Teagasc.