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The Wildlife Act 1976 is an Act of the Oireachtas protecting certain wildlife (including game) and flora in the Republic of Ireland. With the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000, it is the principal national legislation for the protection of wildlife species and habitats in Ireland.
Natural Heritage Area (Irish: Limistéar Oidhreachta Nádúrtha) is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in Ireland.The Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 makes legal provision for the designation and protection of a national network of Natural Heritage Areas (NHAs).
No. 10/1923 – Solicitors (Ireland) Act 1898, Amendment Act 1923; No. 11/1923 – Local Authorities (Extension of Time) Act 1923; No. 12/1923 – Electoral Act 1923; No. 13/1923 – Summer Time Act 1923; No. 14/1923 – Governor-General's Salary and Establishment Act 1923; No. 15/1923 – Damage To Property (Compensation) Act 1923
All bats in Ireland are protected, under the Irish Wildlife Act 1976 and it is an offence to disturb, injure or kill bats or disturb or destroy their roosts. [9] The lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros) is the only species of the Rhinolophidae family of bats to occur in Ireland.
The act was amended several times. The first in 1985 sought to manage and protect birds, and the second in 1986 added controls on wild bird species. The Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 provided protection for Natural Heritage Areas as well as legislation relating to hunting of birds in protected forests.
The Irish government declared a ten ... of the 75 raised bogs designated for protection in 2004 under the Wildlife ... the Wildlife (Amendment) Act, ...
The Irish Government has been praised as “doing the right thing” for victims of Northern Ireland’s Troubles after indicating they will legally challenge the UK’s Legacy Act.
As at the end of 2018 protection of some bogs as Special Areas of Conservation remains in force, but Fitzmaurice and other politicians have succeeded in removing protection from some bogs designated as Natural Heritage Areas under the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000. [9] Fitzmaurice is a critic of environmental vegetarianism.