Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 May 2017
377. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of her Department’s communications with the European Commission regarding proposed changes to sections of the Wildlife Acts described in the Heritage Bill 2016. [25363/17]
View answerOfficials of my Department had informal discussions with the European Commission on the proposed changes to the burning and hedge cutting provisions included in the Heritage Bill 2016, at a meeting prior to the January 2016 publication of the Bill. I understand that the Commission officials acknowledged that the proposed changes related to national legislation and did not make any further observations at the time nor has my Department received any subsequent correspondence from the Commission on this issue.
