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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2006-05-04/14/
4 May 2006 -
Government is using two inadequate reports on the safety of the Corrib oil pipeline to justify the project...There was an argument in west Limerick and north Kerry about the dangers to the hen harrier to prevent...The hen harrier could be resettled in another area easily according to wildlife experts....A number of wind projects are in operation but concern has been voiced over the awarding of contracts...It only becomes involved in projects which offer substantial financial benefit.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-12-14/303/
14 Dec 2004 -
birds, 79/409/EEC, to designate special protection areas for the conservation of species such as the hen...harrier, listed in annex 1 of the directive....application of the draft guidelines to wind energy development proposals affecting protected areas for the hen...harrier or any other bird species....site as, for example, a special protection area, should not preclude the development of wind energy projects
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Parliamentary Question
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2004-12-14/384/#pq_384
Tue, 14 Dec 2004 -
the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether special protection areas for the hen...harrier would not interfere with the building of wind turbines
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Debate: Joint Committee On Communications, Marine And Natural Resources
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_communications_marine_and_natural_resources/2004-07-14/2/
14 Jul 2004 -
When I was a Deputy, I was subject to criticism from a large delegation opposed to a wind energy project...In my own constituency we have had well-attended meetings regarding the hen harrier versus wind turbine...Is anyone telling the local authorities that if people apply for a wind turbine project, permission will...If one sticks one's neck out on behalf of a project which does not see the light of day, one has strongly...supported the project developer who is dealing with one particular family, because one believed in the
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-06-16/34/
16 Jun 2004 -
because of an EU directive on the protection of wild life and the special protection areas for the hen...harrier....sought planning permission to construct wind farms were turned down because of the need to protect the hen...harrier....Such guidelines would ensure that people who might rush headlong to invest in such projects would at
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-06-02/32/
2 Jun 2004 -
This project was turned down by An Bord Pleanála because it is in a special area of conservation for...the hen harrier, an issue that arose approximately 18 months ago....Cork County Council granted permission for the project in its report, clearly stating it had no objection
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Debate: Joint Committee On Communications, Marine And Natural Resources
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_communications_marine_and_natural_resources/2004-04-07/3/
7 Apr 2004 -
Acting Chairman I know people involved in wind energy projects who enthusiastically went to get planning...The argument in many cases against planning permission was the hen harrier population but those involved
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Debate: Joint Committee On Communications, Marine And Natural Resources
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_communications_marine_and_natural_resources/2004-03-10/2/
10 Mar 2004 -
here, in conformity with the Kyoto Protocol, great enthusiasm was expressed regarding wind energy, and projections...others around the country, much of the discussion revolved around the locations for such wind energy projects...We had a debate about the hen harrier population and so on. That matter was resolved.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Environment And Local Government
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_environment_and_local_government/2003-12-11/2/
11 Dec 2003 -
I will now refer to the Derrybrien wind farm project timeline....Saorgas sold the project to Hibernian Wind Power as an independent project called Gort Windfarms....assessment in which a number of issues come to light and will give members an idea of the effects of the project...We also require information regarding birds of prey, in particular the hen harriers in order to allow...Had the survey of hen harriers been properly undertaken and who was monitoring the hundreds of thousands
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2003-04-09/23/
9 Apr 2003 -
Murphy Many wind farm projects will not qualify for AER VI because of unwarranted delays in the planning...harrier under Article 4(1) of the birds directive....harrier and the proposed designation of these areas as SPAs....harrier....harrier in the south west.
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Debate: Joint Committee On Environment And Local Government
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_environment_and_local_government/2003-04-02/3/
2 Apr 2003 -
This means that there are delays with forestry projects and wind farms. At our last meeting, Mr....He referred to the recent issue regarding the hen harrier in the south-west....their land, the conditions imposed on them by the forestry service may be so onerous as to make such projects
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Debate: Joint Committee On Environment And Local Government
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_environment_and_local_government/2003-04-02/3/
2 Apr 2003 -
harrier....Dúchas has made available very limited scientific data of the impact of wind farms on hen harriers and...There is no evidence to suggest that wind farms and hen harriers are mutually exclusive....It does not know what, if any, impact a wind farm will have on hen harriers and thus is objecting in...There is no scientific evidence of a conflict between developing wind farms and impacting on hen harriers
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2003-04-01/6/
1 Apr 2003 -
What has happened to the projections for 2007?...It is projected that we will take 2 million tonnes of fossil fuels out of the equation and in doing so...meeting the Department tomorrow to discuss its concerns about areas designated by Dúchas to protect hen...harriers....According to my information, CIE is projecting that it could be next May before this matter is sorted
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Parliamentary Question
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2003-04-01/84/#pq_84
Tue, 1 Apr 2003 -
necessary if there is to be any coherent and co-ordinated policy for the development of renewable energy project
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Parliamentary Question
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2003-04-01/30/#pq_30
Tue, 1 Apr 2003 -
necessary if there is to be any coherent and co-ordinated policy for the development of renewable energy project
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Debate: Joint Committee On Environment And Local Government
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_environment_and_local_government/2003-03-05/2/
5 Mar 2003 -
Kerry County Council officials are saying they will not make a decision on the applications until the hen...harrier question is resolved....arise for those who will be prevented from capitalising on the very attractive grants for wind energy projects...If people had not organised themselves and got alarmed when the hen harrier question was raised by Kerry
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Debate: Joint Committee On Environment And Local Government
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/joint_committee_on_environment_and_local_government/2003-01-30/2/
30 Jan 2003 -
overall objective of the Government is to continue to maintain record levels of output to satisfy the projected...special protection areas for birds will need to be designated to protect dispersed species, such as hen...harriers, and work will be done on these this year.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2002-02-21/7/
21 Feb 2002 -
stifled the production of a clean form of energy in south County Galway in the form of a £40 million project...is withheld, Dúchas should be disbanded forthwith because it objected on the grounds that a pair of hen...harriers were found, not on the site but within the immediate vicinity....in the west, where it is so badly needed, because of the possible influence it may have on a pair of hen...harriers, what has the country come to?
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2002-02-06/21/
6 Feb 2002 -
A major project for wind energy was proposed in County Galway....Government and local authorities but it was turned down because of the presence in the site area of two hen...harriers....If major projects to facilitate the development and supply of additional electricity to the west have...to be curtailed, restricted and denied because of the possible impact on two hen harriers, is the Minister
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1998-07-01/127/
1 Jul 1998 -
A grey partridge research project, based at Boora, County Offaly and jointly funded by Dúchas with Bord...The roseate tern is catered for under an EU INTERREG project which is operated jointly by Dúchas and...This project provides wardening protection at prime breeding sites at Rockabill Island and Our Lady's...A hen harrier census has been undertaken this year by Dúchas and the IWC.
