Trevor Sargent
Ceist:119 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance the reason field work on the survey of natural heritage areas was halted before all the sites had been surveyed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2920/94]
Vol. 446 No. 7
119 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance the reason field work on the survey of natural heritage areas was halted before all the sites had been surveyed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2920/94]
The contract phase of boundary survey work on areas of scientific interest was halted in June 1994, after two and a half years at an estimated cost of £2.5 million. At that stage 89 per cent of sites had been surveyed by contract ecologists or experienced National Parks and Wildlife Service Rangers.