Draft of the SEA Environmental Report of Ireland’s Forest Strategy Implementation Plan, and related records

AAIE 23 418 / OCE-143453-T7Z3T0 Decision & Records

I wish to request under the Access to Information on the Environment Regulations;


1) The latest working draft version and the latest completed draft version of the SEA Environmental Report of Ireland’s Forest Strategy Implementation Plan
2) Related correspondence to Item 1 between the Department and the Consultants producing the Report
3) The latest working draft version and the latest completed draft version of the Stage 1 AA Screening and Stage 2 AA Natura Impact Report (NIR) of Ireland’s Forest Strategy Implementation Plan
4) Related correspondence to Item 3 between the Department and the Consultants producing the Report

Please note that completed draft versions are not covered by Article 9(2)(c). Refusal of working
drafts are subject to the weighing of the public interest. These documents are of significant public
significance and any weighing of the public interest must be specific to the records requested.

Decision Letter, DAFM

DAERA response to Consultation on the Screening Report for the SEA of the Forest Strategy 2022-2030

Consultation on the Screening Report for the SEA of the Forest Strategy 2022-2030

Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Assoc

Recommendations for Ireland’s Forest Strategy Implementation Plan
November 2022

ARUP
DAFM
Ireland’s Forest Strategy Implementation Plan, SEA Statement

Oct 2022

Supporting Information for Natura Impact Statement

SEA Environmental Report

AIE: EPA inspection / enforcement reports for 2024 -2025YTD for pig farms in County Kildare

Re: OEE AIE 2025 06

P0420-01 Future Pigs LimitedGorteen Lower, Nurney, Kildare
P0420-02 Future Pigs LimitedGorteen Lower, Nurney, Kildare
P0420-03 Future Pigs LimitedGorteen Lower, Nurney, Kildare
P0454-01 Roscrea Bacon Factory Limited Bolton Forrest Pig Farm, Moone, Athy, Kildare
P0702-01 Messrs Pat Field and Pat OFlaherty Killyguire, Rathangan, Kildare
P0702-02 JMW Farms (IRL) Limited Killyguire, Rathangan, Kildare


For the purposes of this AIE please disregard any records published on LEAP Online

AIE: Field ecological surveys carried out by Coillte as part of licence applications which specifically included a bat survey/s

Case: OCE-153024-X8M1H3

Whether Coillte was justified in refusing access to information under article 7(5) of the AIE Regulations on the grounds that the requested information is not held by or for it

AIE request was for any field ecological surveys which included a bat survey, regardless of whether the bat survey was a standalone document or part of a larger ecological assessment.

AIE: Ballinalee Pig Farm, Longford

“Under the AIE Regs to request details of DAFM inspections at the following site: Ballinalee
Pig Farm, Longford Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/g5ypRc6UH8dXE8kNA. Please include dates of inspections for 2023-2024. Please include inspectors’ reports, including any photographs, notes or other reports for the period 2023-24”

The initial decision maker has not included the Schedule of Records refused. Please forward the schedule so we can review and engage with the internal reviewer on each element For context, here’s the most recent EPA inspection file on the same pig farm, so RTK would expect that the DAFM inspection files might follow similar format


Note due to file sizes the EPA inspectors images are in a google doc
https://irishriverproject.com/2025/01/11/oee-aie-2024-42-a-pig-farmer-co-longford/

National Barrier Programme, Open Data

The National Barrier Programme (NBP) has created a national database of potential barriers to fish passage (over 30,000) encompassing assessed structures which can impact on both fish passage and hydromorphology.

Download options to the left:

https://opendata-ifigeo.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/99e295a9512340aba1c06f4555def78a_0/explore

shp files

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1w9laa22Gk7EjHo0x_-5wv-xX8okS4E4G?usp=sharing

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