Data Dictionary

Column	Type	Label	Description
Applicant Name	text	Applicant Name
Date Application Received	timestamp	Date Application Received
Application Status	text	Application Status
Type	text	Type
Name of Licence Holder	text	Name of Licence Holder
Address	text	Address
Email Address	text	Email Address
Phone Number	text	Phone Number
location_for_licence__townland_s___town_	text	Location for licence (townland(s), town)
county___counties	text	County / Counties
Region	text	Region
Species	text	Species
Derogation Number	text	Derogation Number
Date Issued	timestamp	Date Issued
Period	text	Period
Purpose and Reason	text	Purpose and Reason

Additional Information

Field	Value
Data last updated	2 December 2024
Metadata last updated	2 December 2024
Created	2 December 2024
Format	CSV
License	Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 4.0
Applicable legislation	['http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/138/oj']
Datastore active	True
Has views	True
Hash	0287dd6c676345c3bfc1c695f4f00331
High value dataset	true
Id	4fb77992-dcb8-4b83-a6d9-103e3827fed0
Mimetype	text/csv
Notes	This data set contains a list of derogation applications received and/or issued under Regulation 54 and 54A of the European Habitats Directive. The EC (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011-2021 provide strict protection for all of the Irish species (both animal and plant) listed on Annex IV of the EU’s Habitats Directive. These species are: Bats, Otters, Kerry Slugs, Marine Mammals (Dolphins, Whales, Porpoises, and Marine Turtles), Killarney Fern, Slender Naiad & Marsh Saxifrage. It does this by prohibiting certain activities which could impact on the conservation status of those species. Those activities may only be permitted by way of a derogation. It should be noted that the Minister can only issue such derogations in very limited circumstances and where there is no satisfactory alternative. . Derogations are issued by the Wildlife Licensing Unit of the NPWS.
Package id	7c3d7f4c-b039-4653-831a-252397711d44
Preview	True
Preview rows	1,040
Size	143.7 KiB
State	active
Total record count	1,040
Url type	upload
Description	This data set contains a list of derogation applications received and/or issued under Regulation 54 and 54A of the European Habitats Directive. The EC (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011-2021 provide strict protection for all of the Irish species (both animal and plant) listed on Annex IV of the EU’s Habitats Directive. These species are: Bats, Otters, Kerry Slugs, Marine Mammals (Dolphins, Whales, Porpoises, and Marine Turtles), Killarney Fern, Slender Naiad & Marsh Saxifrage. It does this by prohibiting certain activities which could impact on the conservation status of those species. Those activities may only be permitted by way of a derogation. It should be noted that the Minister can only issue such derogations in very limited circumstances and where there is no satisfactory alternative. . Derogations are issued by the Wildlife Licensing Unit of the NPWS.
High Value Dataset (HVD) Resource	Yes
Applicable Legislation	http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2023/138/oj
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