Data Sharing Agreement for EU Habitats Directive and Wildlife Acts Data - DAFMDHLGH 016_140922

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), have entered into a Data Sharing Agreement under the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (DHLG&H), for the purposes of enabling the National Parks and Wildlife Service at DHLG&H comply with its obligations under the EU Habitats Directive and Wildlife Acts with respect to nature conservation objectives, particularly in relation to turbary rights on specific bogs.

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will provide land ownership and turbary right data to the DHLG&H which will be used in the administration of the Protected Raised Bog Restoration Incentive Scheme and the Protected Raised Bog Restoration Programme. It will assist the DHLG&H to identify landowners and turbary right holders in relation to its Protected Raised Bog Restoration Programme. This Data Sharing Agreement covers sharing of Personal Data, in limited circumstances, by the DAFM with DHLG&H for this purpose.