353. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the warnings to the general public posted on his Department/NPWS’s website concerning the current, persistent avian flu outbreak (details supplied) and specifically with regard to the warnings about risks from faecal waste from wild birds, if he is satisfied that these publications provide sufficient transparency regarding the public health risks for example to schoolchildren/schools, patients/hospitals, food businesses and residential areas where large colonies of urban gulls are known to have established for breeding purposes in the period March-September each year, and are also known to forage year round; and if he is not satisfied with the current level of publicity and transparency regarding the public health risks, he will outline the way his Department/NPWS intends to improve transparency and awareness. [51769/22]

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353. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the warnings to the general public posted on his Department/NPWS’s website concerning the current, persistent avian flu outbreak (details supplied) and specifically with regard to the warnings about risks from faecal waste from wild birds, if he is satisfied that these publications provide sufficient transparency regarding the public health risks for example to schoolchildren/schools, patients/hospitals, food businesses and residential areas where large colonies of urban gulls are known to have established for breeding purposes in the period March-September each year, and are also known to forage year round; and if he is not satisfied with the current level of publicity and transparency regarding the public health risks, he will outline the way his Department/NPWS intends to improve transparency and awareness. [51769/22]

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