I propose to take Questions Nos. 1327 and 1328 together.
I understand that the candidate special areas of conservation referred to in the Deputy’s Questions are Ballysadare Bay candidate special area of conservation (site code 000622) and Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) candidate special area of conservation (site code 000627). Ballysadare Bay and Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) were publicly notified as candidate special areas of conservation in 1997. The boundary for both sites was mapped using Irish Grid co-ordinates on the reduced scale six-inch maps.
In 2016 the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department commenced the process of transposing the boundaries of all special area of conservation sites from Irish Grid/six-inch maps to ITM/1:5000 maps.
The Irish Grid/six-inch maps are available for Ballysadare Bay and Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) candidate special areas of conservation on the website of the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department at www.npws.ie . The ITM/1:5000 maps for the sites will be available on this website when the sites have been formally designated as special areas of conservation by Statutory Instrument.
The sites are not in my ownership as Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Accordingly, the issue of signage at these sites would be a matter for the local authority.