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Ireland’s Environment 2012
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wishes
to express its appreciation to the following for their
assistance in various ways towards the preparation
of this report.
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Botanic Gardens
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Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
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Department of the Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht
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Department of Communications, Energy and
Natural Resources
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Department of the Environment, Community
and Local Government
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Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
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Economic and Social Research Institute
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Forest Service, Department of Agriculture,
Food and the Marine
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Health Service Executive
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Marine Institute
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
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National Biodiversity Data Centre
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National Roads Authority
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Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland
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Teagasc
Special thanks are due to the following who provided
material for the report or commented on specific aspects:
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Dr Olivia Crowe, Birdwatch Ireland
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Dr Matthew Jebb, Botanic Gardens
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Ms Nuala Bannon, Mr Darren Byrne, Mr Pat Duggan,
Mr Kevin Greene, Mr Gary McGuinn, Mr John O’Neill,
Ms Fiona Quinn, Mr Micheal Young, Mr David Walsh,
Department of the Environment, Community and
Local Government
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Dr Deirdre Lynn, Dr Ferdia Marnell, Dr Ciaran O’Keefe,
National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of
Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
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Professor Micheal Depledge, Department of
Environment and Human Health, Peninsula College
of Medicine and Dentistry, Universities of Exeter and
Plymouth
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Dr John FitzGerald, Dr Sean Lyons, Dr Edgar
Morgenroth, Economic and Social Research Institute
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Mr Liam Cashman, Mr Micheal Ó Brian, European
Commission
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Ms Cliona O’Brien, Heritage Council
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Ms Breda Naddy, Health Research Board
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Dr Una Fallon, Dr Tessa Greally, Dr Ina Kelly,
Dr Patricia McDonald, Dr Mary O’Mahony,
Health Service Executive
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Mr John Evans, Marine Institute
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Dr Liam Lysaght, Dr Eugenie Regan, National
Biodiversity Data Centre
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Mr David Dawson, Mr David Fenton, Radiological
Protection Institute of Ireland
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Mr David O’Brien, South Dublin County Council
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Dr John Finn, Dr Rogier Schulte, Teagasc
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Dr Julian Aherne, Trent University, Ontario, Canada
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Dr Padraic Larkin, Former EPA Director
Acknowledgements