Departmental Data

Wednesday, 15 October 2025

Questions (195)

Emer Currie

Question:

195. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when site data for Irish wetland birds surveys since 2021 will be made available online. [55567/25]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

The Irish Wetland Bird Survey (I-WeBS) has an open and freely accessible online data platform where data collected under the programme can be readily viewed and downloaded. This platform currently hosts data from 2011/12 to 2019/2020, inclusive. Data from other years can be readily requested by submitting a data request form, details of which are available at the following website: https://irishwetlandbirdsurvey.ie/.

The latest major publication from the I-WeBS programme was published in 2019 and provides an update on the status and distribution of wintering waterbirds in Ireland up to winter 2015/16. See the link below for details:

www.npws.ie/sites/default/files/publications/pdf/IWM_106_Irelands_Wintering_Waterbirds.pdf.

An updated Irish Wildlife Manual publication for I-WeBS covering up to winter 2022/23 is currently being finalised and is expected to be published in 2025. Once published, the online data platform will be updated to include data up to winter 2022/23.