Dear All
As you are probably aware, the Department of the Environment has shed its section relating to heritage and taken in the section relating to community. The Department is now called the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, under Minister Phil Hogan. Minister Hogan's big plan is to reorganise local government and to devolve power to it. It is my understanding that he intends to bring the ILDCs and UBPs into the local authority structure.
The heritage section will now be under the Minister for the Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan, who seems to have a genuine and personal interest in the roles he has been given. The Heritage section includes the Heritage Council and the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).
Kind regards
Michael Ewing
Coordinator
Environmental Pillar of Social Partnership
Knockvicar
Boyle
Co Roscommon
Rep of Ireland
Tel: +353 71 9667373
Mob: +353 86 8672153
email: michael@environmentalpillar.ie
web: www.environmentalpillar.ie
Environmental Pillar members: An Taisce. Bat Conservation Ireland, BirdWatch Ireland. CELT - Centre for Ecological Living and Training. Coast Watch. Coomhola Salmon Trust. Crann. ECO UNESCO. Feasta. Forest Friends. Friends of the Earth. Gluaiseacht. Grian. Hedge Laying Association of Ireland. Irish Doctors Environment Association. Irish Natural Forestry Foundation. Irish Peatland Conservation Council. Irish Seal Sanctuary. Irish Seed Saver Association. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group. Irish Wildlife Trust. Just Forests. The Organic Centre. Sonairte. Sustainable Ireland Cooperative. VOICE. Zero Waste Alliance Ireland
