148. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out in detail the specific "threats to public health and safety" that underpinned the legal justifications of the derogation for removal of nests and eggs of specified gull species in Balbriggan and its districts each of the years 2017 to 2023 inclusive, including i) such threats as were recognised by successive Departments and Ministers in the annual derogations 2017-2023, ii) such threats as were formally recognised in the Report and Recommendations of his predecessor's Consultative Committee on urban gulls 2019-20, and such threats as were formally recognised (as justification for derogations) in external legal advices acquired by the Department in 2020-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40101/25]

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148. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out in detail the specific "threats to public health and safety" that underpinned the legal justifications of the derogation for removal of nests and eggs of specified gull species in Balbriggan and its districts each of the years 2017 to 2023 inclusive, including i) such threats as were recognised by successive Departments and Ministers in the annual derogations 2017-2023, ii) such threats as were formally recognised in the Report and Recommendations of his predecessor's Consultative Committee on urban gulls 2019-20, and such threats as were formally recognised (as justification for derogations) in external legal advices acquired by the Department in 2020-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40101/25]

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