Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 July 2020
422. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Toon Wood, Macroom, County Cork, will be designated as a natural heritage area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20140/20]
View answerThe role for the my Department's National Parks and Wildlife Service in this matter is to continue to provide expert support to the EPA and the Forest Service in delivering their statutory functions in relation to woodlands, and to consider the designation of Toon Wood as an NHA to protect the remaining woodland and woodland areas on the site that can be recovered in the future.
it is intended to review the adequacy of the coverage of the woodland pNHA network, and takes steps as necessary to ensure that ecologically important woodlands are legally protected.
