EPA - Ireland's Environment, An Integrated Assessment - 2020

Ireland’s Environment – An Integrated Assessment 2020 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 the following, who provided material for the report or commented on specific aspects: n Simon Shilton, Acustica Ltd n Derval Cummins, AECOM n Brian Caffrey, Oonagh Duggan and Lesley J. Lewis, BirdWatch Ireland n David McAuley, Bitpower Energy Solutions n Philip Perrin, Botanical Environmental and Conservation Consultants n Gerry Brady and Margaret Whyte, Central Statistics Office n Nathan Merchant, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science n Claire Downey, Community Resources Network Ireland n Chris Uys, Community Wetlands Forum n Sorcha Kavanagh, Conscious Cup Campaign n Frank Barrett, Philip Blackwell, Bill Callanan, Kevin Collins, Bernard Harris, Barry Kavanagh, Edwina Love, John Muldowney, Jack Nolan, John Redmond, David Ryan, Niall Ryan, Donal Sammin and Maria Talbot, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine n Ronan Casey, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht n Vivienne Ahern, Daniel Blanchfield, Kevin Brady, Fergal Brennan, Aoife Byrne, Darren Byrne, Irene Cadogan, Les Carberry, Ronan Casey, Anne Marie Clancy, Jean Clarke, Errol Close, Eamonn Confrey, Joan Connaughton, Justina Corcoran, Deirdre Doran, Terry Dunne, Deirdre Durnin, Olga Grant, Caroline Green, Alex Hurley, Bernie Kiely, Colm Lambert, Frank Maughan, Robert McGuinness, Rebecca McNamara, Niamh Ní Fhlaithbheartaigh, Úna Nic Giolla Choille, Colette O’Brien, Kevin O’Donoghue, John O’Neill, Noel Regan, John Twamley, Geraldine Ward and Michael Young, Department of Environment, Climate and Communications n Colin Byrne, Donal Cronin, Richard Cronin, David Flynn, Ciara Gallagher, Eamonn Kelly, Assumpta Manning, Oliver Ó Cadhla, Conall O’Connor, Conor O’Sullivan, Paul Scott and Terry Sheridan, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage n Faye Carroll, Maurice Harnett, Adam Larragy and Cliodhna Tuohy, Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport n Sabrina Dekker and Brian McManus, (formerly) Dublin City Council n Hugh Coughlan, Eastern Midlands Region Waste Management Planning Office n Anne Nolan and Iulia Siedschlag, Economic and Social Research Institute n Claire Wallace, EirGrid Plc n Tobias Lung and Eulalia Peris, European Environment Agency n Michael Depledge, Exeter University n Carla McSorley, FoodCloud n Wayne Anderson, Food Safety Authority Ireland n Ina Kelly, Kevin Kelleher, Health Service Executive n Colette Bonner and Mary Ryan, Healthy Ireland n Cathal Gallagher, Jimmy King and Fiona Kelly, Inland Fisheries Ireland n Urs Demmel, Kanton Zürich, Staatskanzlei n Simon Jennings, Limerick City & County Council n Sean Keating, Margaret Keegan, Ray Spain and Bernadette White, Local Authority Waters Programme n Maurice Clarke, Leonie Dransfeld, Thomas Furey, Hans Gerritsen, Eileen Joyce, Evin McGovern, Brendan McHugh, Conor Nolan, Francis O’Beirn, David O’Sullivan, Neil Ruane, Joe Silke and Jonathan White, Marine Institute n Clare O’Riordan, NALA n Úna FitzPatrick and Liam Lysaght, National Biodiversity Data Centre n Andy Bleasdale, Gerry Clabby, Aoife Delaney, Maurice Eakin, Loraine Fay, Fernando Fernandez, John Fitzgerald, Rebecca Jeffrey, Sean Kelly, Yvonne Leahy, Maria Long, Brian Lucas, Deirdre Lynn, David Lyons, Ferdia Marnell, Suzanne Nally, Cliona O’Brien, Aine O’Connor, Barry O’Donoghue, Ciaran O’Keeffe, Shane Regan, David Tierney, and Gemma Weir, National Parks and Wildlife Service n Brian Heffernan, National Transfrontier Shipment Office at Dublin City Council n Barry Colleary, National Transport Authority n Shane Conway and Maura Farrell, National University Galway and the National Rural Network n Leo Duffy, National Waste Collection Permit Office n Niall Cussen and John Desmond, Office of the Planning Regulator n Paul Kane, Sarah Lyons and Lorraine McNerney, Ordinance Survey Ireland 6