To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list those areas which have been declared sites of special scientific interest; and for which other areas he has proposals to become sites of special scientific interest.

The following sites have been declared as areas of special scientific interest:

• Carrickbrawn, County Fermanagh
• Gortnagory, County Antrim
• Moneygal Bog, County Tyrone
• Garry Bog, County Antrim
• Teal Lough and Slaghtfreeden Bogs, Counties Tyrone and Londonderry
• Black Bog, County Tyrone
• Glenariff, County Antrim
• Cleggan Valley, County Antrim
• Monawilkin, County Fermanagh
• Lough Beg, Counties Londonderry and Antrim
• Beagh Big, County Fermanagh
• Garvroa, County Fermanagh
• Moneendogue, County Fermanagh
• Lergan, County Fermanagh
• Drumlisaleen, County Fermanagh
• Inner Belfast Lough, Counties Antrim and Down
• Glen Burn, County Antrim
• Strangford Lough (Part 1), County Down
• Ballymacormick Point, County Down
• Strangford Lough (Part 2), County Down
• Kiltubbrid Loughs, County Armagh
• North Woodburn Glen, County Antrim
• Dunloy Bog, County Antrim
• Strangford Lough (Part 3), County Down
• Moninea Bog, County Fermanagh

Proposals for a further five areas are currently under consideration and declarations are likely to be made later this year. Other areas will be designated in the future as a result of continuing survey work, but it is not possible at this stage to predict which sites will be designated.