I propose to take Questions Nos. 50, 51, 52, 54 and 55 together.
With respect to population estimates, my Department undertook an extensive breeding gull survey of a wide sample of urban habitats across the State in 2021. This National Urban Gull Survey is part of a wider seabird surveying collaboration with UK authorities known as Seabirds Count. The analysis of the Irish and UK data is ongoing for the relevant gull species, as well as for other breeding seabird species.
The report of the National Urban Gull Survey 2021 will be published on the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) website in the coming days. The analysis of the Irish and UK data is ongoing for the relevant gull species, as well as for other breeding seabird species and there is no final publication date as yet for those analyses.