Data Dictionary

Column	Type	Label	Description
App Number	numeric	App Number
Derogation Type	text	Derogation Type
Applicant Name	text	Applicant Name
Date Received	timestamp	Date Received
Application Status	text	Application Status
Date Issued	timestamp	Date Issued
Species Type	text	Species Type
derogation_no_	numeric	Derogation No.
Derogation Holder	text	Derogation Holder
Company	text	Company
Applicant Address	text	Applicant Address
email_address__appl___eco_	text	Email Address (Appl & Eco)
Phone Number	text	Phone Number
Location for derogation	text	Location for derogation
county___counties	text	County / Counties
Region	text	Region
Species	text	Species
Period	text	Period
Purpose and Reason	text	Purpose and Reason

Additional Information

Field	Value
Data last updated	1 April 2025
Metadata last updated	1 May 2025
Created	1 April 2025
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	eefc5dd16b6a65d8b87f6f794b05207e
High value dataset	true
Id	761f8789-30b6-4360-ae01-f67614da4fad
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.
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Size	159.6 KiB
State	active
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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