Licence to Permit the Removal, Transport, Introduction and Dispersal of Certain Species

Available Licences

Under Regulation 49(7) a licence can be issued for a number of purposes:

1. to remove and transport for disposal, species listed on the Third Schedule of the Birds and Habitats Regulations 2011-2021 (listed below). 
2. to remove and transport for scientific research, species listed on the Third Schedule of the Birds and Habitats Regulations 2011-2021
3. to introduce and disperse? biocontrol agents in pest control (plant protection species e.g. predatory mites, parasitic wasps, predatory beetles etc.).

Application Form

The application form below can be used for any of the three purposes listed above:

• Application Form (Printable)
• Application Form (Fillable)

Applications should be emailed to: wildlifelicence@npws.gov.ie

Requirements

1. Where an application is for a licence to remove and transport for disposal, a species listed on the Third Schedule of the Birds and Habitats Regulation 2011-2021, you must attach a Management Plan to the application form as well as additional documentation outlined on the form.
2. Where an application is for a licence to remove and transport for scientific research, species on the Third Schedule of the Birds and Habitats Regulations 2011-2021, you must attach a Management Plan to the application form.
3. Where an application is for a licence to introduce and disperse certain species (biocontrol agents), you must attach supplementary information outlined in the application form. 

Relevant Legislation

Under Regulation 49(1) of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011-2021 (S.I. 477 of 2011) it states that:

‘any person who breeds, reproduces or releases or causes to disperse from confinement without a licence,  any animal which:

(a)  is not—

(i)  ordinarily resident in or is not  a regular  visitor  to the  State  in a wild state,  or

(ii)  of a kind that  is domesticated or that  is in the normal  course  the subject of human  husbandry,

(b)  is included  in Part 2A of the  Third  Schedule  in any place specified  in relation  to such animal  in the  third column  of Part 2A  of the  Third Schedule,  

or

(c)  is included  in Part 2B of the  Third  Schedule  in any place  specified  in relation  to such animal  in the  third column  of Part 2B of the  Third Schedule,

shall be guilty of an offence’.

Under Regulation 49(2) of the same Regulations it states that:  

‘any person who plants,  disperses,  allows or causes  to disperse,  spreads  or otherwise causes to grow in  any place  specified  in relation to such plant  in the  third column  of Part 1 of the Third Schedule,  any plant  which is included  in Part 1 of the Third Schedule, shall be guilty of an offence’.

Third Schedule Species