337. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to safeguard, protect and conserve ancient raths, also known as ringforts or fairy forts, particularly given the decision not to designate raths as areas for nature under the new iteration of the Common Agricultural Policy and the potential impact this could have on discouraging farmers from protecting raths on their land and given that half of the 60,000 raths have already been wiped out in recent decades; and if he has discussed or will discuss the matter with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Minister of State with special responsibility for land use and biodiversity, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media or with the Heritage Council given the importance of raths to heritage, land use, biodiversity, tourism and culture, with a view to ensuring their protection. [17954/22]

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337. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to safeguard, protect and conserve ancient raths, also known as ringforts or fairy forts, particularly given the decision not to designate raths as areas for nature under the new iteration of the Common Agricultural Policy and the potential impact this could have on discouraging farmers from protecting raths on their land and given that half of the 60,000 raths have already been wiped out in recent decades; and if he has discussed or will discuss the matter with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Minister of State with special responsibility for land use and biodiversity, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media or with the Heritage Council given the importance of raths to heritage, land use, biodiversity, tourism and culture, with a view to ensuring their protection. [17954/22]

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