National Parks and Wildlife Service – Strategic Action Plan and Review 2022

Strategic Action Plan:  for the renewal of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS)

In the published forward by Minister Daragh O’Brien, he writes that he is “delighted, together with my colleague Minister of State Malcolm Noonan, to publish the Strategic Action Plan for the Renewal of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. The Strategic Action Plan has its origins in the Programme for Government commitment to review the remit, status and funding of the NPWS. The independent, multi-phase Review was completed in February 2022 and culminated in fifteen recommendations to renew the NPWS and make it a more resilient, more effective organisation, fit to meet the challenges of the twenty first century. The Strategic Action Plan approved by Government is designed to deliver on those recommendations and its implementation is a key priority for me as Minister.”

The forward continues, detailing how the Strategic Action Plan has its origins in the Programme for Government commitment to review the remit, status and funding of the NPWS. The independent, multi-phase Review was completed in February 2022, and culminated in fifteen recommendations to renew the NPWS and make it a more resilient, more effective organisation, fit to meet the challenges of the twenty first century. The Strategic Action Plan has been approved by Government, and is designed to deliver on the recommendations from the review process, and its implementation is a key priority for both Minister Daragh O’Brien and Minister Malcom Noonan.