Appropriate Assessment Screening Report
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Katie Neary
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Minogue
BSc(Hons)
MCIEEM
This report is written Katie Neary. She is a Senior Ecologist with JKW Environmental. Katie has completed an honours B.Sc. in Environmental Science. She is an Associate member of the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES). She regularly carries out reporting on Ecological Impact Assessment and to inform Natura Impact Assessments / Appropriate Assessments carried out by statutory authorities. Furthermore, she has several years’ experience in habitat surveys, mammal surveys, bird and bat surveys for a number of large infrastructure schemes, commercial and residential projects. Katie is an experienced Ecological Clerk of Works (ECoW). Ruth Minogue, BscSci, MA, MCIEEM reviewed this AA Screening Report. Ruth has over twenty five years in the field of environmental assessment and has been involved in the completion of environmental and ecological impact assessments since 2002. She regularly carries out reporting on Ecological Impact Assessment and to inform the Appropriate Assessment process which is carried out by statutory authorities. Ruth has undertaken habitat surveys, mammal surveys, and bat surveys for a number of projects. Ruth is an experienced project manager and has managed a range of high profile environmental and ecological projects ranging from transport infrastructure to national scale assessment of plans and programmes. She is a full member of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, holds a diploma in Field Ecology (UCC), Advanced Diploma in Planning and Environmental Law (Kings Inn), undertakes ongoing CDP training through approved training providers including CIEEM and is a licensed ecologist for bat roosts from the Department of Culture Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Contents 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Background and context of the Local Economic and Community Plan (the plan) ................... 5
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