671. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage will he confirm to the Deputy that measures that have been deployed as national policy since 1986 to lethally control several wild bird species (e.g. the Grey (Hooded) Crow, the Magpie, the Jackdaw and other species), have been implemented specifically to protect public health and safety under the "Member States shall protect, manage and control …(wild bird species)…" provisions of the Birds Directive, and does he accept - following the recommendations and evidence-based legal advices of his predecessor's Consultative Committee on urban gulls (2019-2021), and the results of his Department's Urban Gull Survey (2021), and internal legal advice (2022), that it is incumbent on the State to protect public health and safety from the officially recognised threats that are posed by seabirds nationally (Avian Flu), and rapidly expanding urban seagull colonies; and if he does so accept, can he state when will effective control measures be announced, how they will be deployed and, in particular, whether he will advise local authorities as to their responsibilities in the matter. [27283/23]

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671. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage will he confirm to the Deputy that measures that have been deployed as national policy since 1986 to lethally control several wild bird species (e.g. the Grey (Hooded) Crow, the Magpie, the Jackdaw and other species), have been implemented specifically to protect public health and safety under the "Member States shall protect, manage and control …(wild bird species)…" provisions of the Birds Directive, and does he accept - following the recommendations and evidence-based legal advices of his predecessor's Consultative Committee on urban gulls (2019-2021), and the results of his Department's Urban Gull Survey (2021), and internal legal advice (2022), that it is incumbent on the State to protect public health and safety from the officially recognised threats that are posed by seabirds nationally (Avian Flu), and rapidly expanding urban seagull colonies; and if he does so accept, can he state when will effective control measures be announced, how they will be deployed and, in particular, whether he will advise local authorities as to their responsibilities in the matter. [27283/23]

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