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Acknowledgements
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.
Special thanks are due to those listed that provided
material for the report or commented on specific aspects:
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Mr Chris Uys, Abbeyleix Bog Project
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Dr Owen Carton, Agricultural Scientist and Consultant
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Ms Oonagh Duggan, Ms Olivia Crowe, Mr Niall Hatch,
Mr Rónán McLaughlin, Mr John Fox, Mr Brian Caffrey,
BirdWatch Ireland
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Dr Catherine Farrell, Bord na Móna
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Dr Brendan Dunford, Burren Programme
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Ms Gina Kelly, Commission for Energy Regulation
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Ms Ann Cunningham, Mr David Buckley, Dr Jack Nolan,
Ms Margaret Murray, Ms Maria Talbot, Mr Ronan
O’Flaherty, Mr John Ryan, Mr Mark Twomey, Mr John
Redmond, Department of Agriculture, Food and the
Marine
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Dr Deirdre Lynn, Dr Ciaran O’Keefe, Mr Gareth John,
Dr Ferdia Marnell, Dr David Tierney, Dr Rebecca Jeffrey,
Ms Gemma Weir, National Parks and Wildlife Service,
Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
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Mr Michael Young, Mr David Dodd, Mr Bob Hanna,
Mr John O’Neill, Department of Communications,
Climate Action and Environment
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Dr John O’Neill, Mr Brendan O’Neill, Mr Michael Murphy,
Ms Caroline Lyons, Ms Helen McGrath and Mr Malcolm
Hillis, Department of Housing, Planning, Community and
Local Government
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Ms Laura Behan, Mr Eoin McLoughlin, Ms Denise Keoghan,
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
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Professor Michael Depledge, Exeter University
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Dr Sean Lyons, Economic Social and Research Institute
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Mr David McDowell, Federation of Irish Renderers
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Dr Kevin Kelleher, Dr Una Fallon, Dr Ina Kelly,
Health Service Executive
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Mr Ian Doyle, Ms Isabell Smyth, Ms Alison Harvey,
Heritage Council
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Dr Fiona Kelly, Inland Fisheries Ireland
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Ms Philippa King, Limerick City and County Council
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Mr. Conor Nolan, Dr Francis O’Beirn, Ms Leonie
O’Dowd and Mr Evin McGovern, Marine Institute
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Dr Liam Lysaght, Dr Tomás Murray, Dr Úna Fitzpatrick,
National Biodiversity Data Centre
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Mr Hugh Creegan, Mr Eoin Farrell and Mr Michael
MacAree, National Transport Authority
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Ms Christine Tudor, Natural England
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Dr Eimear Cotter, Mr. Martin Howley, Sustainable
Energy Authority of Ireland
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Dr Frank O’Mara, Dr Rachel Creamer, Teagasc
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Mr Páraic Carroll, PhD Researcher, Trinity College
A number of EPA staff provided input to specific aspects of the report: Dr Saniul Alum (EPA Research Fellow),
Dr Catherine Bradley, Jane Brogan, Dr Colin Byrne, Alaine Clarke, Colman Concannon, Noeleen Cunningham, Donal Daly,
Dr Brian Donlon, Yvonne Doris, Paul Duffy, Dr Niall Farrell, David Fenton, Dr Bernard Hyde, Margaret Keegan, Rebecca
Kelly (EPA Student), Jane Kenneally, Dr Isabelle Kurz, Odile Le Bolloch, Stephanie Long, Kevin Lydon (Contractor), John
McEntagart, Cormac MacGearailt, Dr Tom McLoughlin, Dr Eva Mockler (EPA Research Fellow), Dr Róisín Moriarty, Philip
O’Brien (EPA Research Fellow), Dr Aisling O’Connor, Tom O’Reilly, Carol O’Sullivan, Michael Owens, Darragh Page, Brian
Quirke, Dr Barbara Rafferty, Joe Reilly, Mary Sheehan, David Shannon, David Smith, Alan Stephens, Dr Alice Wemaere.