Data Dictionary

Column	Type	Label	Description
Applicant Name	text	Applicant Name
Date Application Received	timestamp	Date Application Received
Application Status	text	Application Status
Licence Type	text	Licence Type
Name of Licence Holder	text	Name of Licence Holder
location_for_licence__townland_s___town_	text	Location for licence (townland(s), town)
county___counties	text	County / Counties
Region	text	Region
Species	text	Species
licence_no_	text	Licence No.
Date Issued	timestamp	Date Issued
Period of Licence	text	Period of Licence
Purpose and Reason for licence	text	Purpose and Reason for licence

Additional Information

Field	Value
Data last updated	27 November 2024
Metadata last updated	27 November 2024
Created	27 November 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	5752b18240c64e3f49f76c37dffed779
High value dataset	true
Id	a324e750-6d1e-4706-8f15-904185d02d67
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	c0cf502a-10cd-4e86-a4a3-9374cf6f4957
Preview	True
Preview rows	77
Size	17.3 KiB
State	active
Total record count	77
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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