Regulations were made in 1979, under Section 53 of the Act, entitled Wildlife Act, 1976, (Control of Export of Fauna) Regulations, 1979 . Under these Regulations, the export, except under licence from the Minister, of certain specified wild birds and wild animals and specified parts or products of certain wild birds and wild animals, is prohibited.
Applications for permissions are made on a standard application form available from:
CITES Management AuthorityNational Parks and Wildlife Service
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
90 North King Street
Dublin 7
D07 N7CV
Ireland Tel: +353 (1) 911 7664 Email: CITES@npws.gov.ie
Download the Application For Export Licence
Applications for licences are considered on demand if the applicant can satisfy the NPWS that the species have been legally acquired. Where species listed under the CITES Regulations are concerned, procedures on the processing of applications in relation to CITES are set out in detail in the Regulations implementing CITES in the EU as follows:
EC Regulation 338 of 1997; EC Regulation 1332 of 2005; EC Regulation 605 of 2006; EC Regulation 865 of 2006.