299. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the intentions of the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006 are consistent with the First Schedule Part 2 of the European Union (Invasive Alien Species) Regulations 2024 - S.I. No. 374 of 2024 [39559/26]
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300. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department officials will be cognisant of article 7.1.9 of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries published by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations in 1995, regarding the future management of Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway as a wild brown trout fishery; and if he will make a statement on the …
301. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the commercial draft netting of wild brown trout is still permitted on Lough Ree SAC under the Lough Ree (Netting for Trout) Bye-Law (No. 484) 1954 and the Shannon Fisheries Region (Close Season for Draft Netting of Trout on Lough Ree) Bye-Law (No. 284) 2006, considering that there are no controls of invasive pike in the…
302. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department will review the legislative inconsistency in harvesting limits for Lough Ree wild brown trout between the Shannon Fisheries Region (Close Season for Draft Netting of Trout on Lough Ree) Bye-Law (No. 284) 2006 and the Conservation of Trout (No. 8 or Limerick District) Bye-Law (No 949) 2017, where commercial netsmen…
303. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his officials ever issued a Section 14 Authorisations under the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 for the stocking of invasive/non-native rainbow trout into Lough Lene SAC, Co. Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39563/26]
304. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when will the review of the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006 be completed considering that the conservation aims of the legislation are completely at odds with current pike culling operations on Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39564/26]
168. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the scientific and policy basis for the introduction of the three-pollack daily bag limit for recreational anglers; the extent to which Irish specific IMREC data and inshore sampling work, including evidence of high catch and release rates and low retained catches by charter and recreational anglers, was considered before the…
246. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the Owenriff (Barna) River system No. 140, was not legislated for (details supplied) by either the conservation of salmon and sea trout (bag Limits) bye-law (No. 1023) 2026 or the angling bye-law (No.1022) 2026, considering that salmon were harvested by rod and line angling from the river in 2024 according to a report pu…
247. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason his Departmental officials have failed to publish submissions to the public consultation on the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations and Conservation Measures 2026, which closed on 5 March 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34029/26]
248. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason his Departmental officials delayed announcing the signing of the Conservation of Salmon and Sea trout (Bag Limits) Bye-Law (No. 1023) 2026 on 2 April until 9 April 2026, when a departmental press release was published; was this delay a deliberate attempt to entrap salmon anglers who were still observing the 2025 season r…
249. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the review of Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006 taking cognisance of Regulation 46 of S.I. No. 477/2011 (European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations), considering that both bye-laws were not screened for under the EU…
250. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Departmental officials issued any Section 14 Authorisations under the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 for Catchment-Wide Electrofishing (CWEF) surveys in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34034/26]
172. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 18 March 2026, for an update on the engagement regarding the establishment by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of a Food Vision Seafood Sector Group; whether representatives of the recreational angling and charter boat sectors have now been engaged with or consulted as par…
429. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department issued any Section 14 Authorisations under the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 for the stocking of invasive/non-native rainbow trout into Lough na Boley (Inagh Valley) in Co. Galway, (part of the Twelve Bens/Garraun Complex Special Area of Conservation) in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the m…
431. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the plans in 2026, to introduce mandatory catch and release angling for all brown trout on Lough Arrow SAC considering the limited brown trout spawning capacity of the lake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24579/26]
432. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway will be exempt from the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006 under considered legislative changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24580/26]
433. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he can avouch that traditional and culturally significant angling methods such as dapping and brickeen/bricín trolling will be prohibited on Lough Corrib SAC under the prospective Western Lakes Management Plan (WLMP) is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24581/26]
68. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will address the concerns raised by charter boat operators regarding the proposed three fish bag limit for recreational pollock fishing; the assessment his Department has carried out on the economic impact of this measure on small, tourism dependent charter operators and coastal communities who catch an annual 120 tonnes of poll…
95. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 3 March 2026, if his attention has been drawn to the longest extended period of below average rainfall on the Boyne system since 1975 which took place across 2024/2025 and has displayed a system weakness in the fry counting system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19524/26]
128. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the action his Department is taking to legislatively protect invasive/non-native bream (Abramis brama) stocks in Lough Mask under the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-law (No. 806) 2006, considering the expansion of bream culling operations on the lake by Inland Fisheries Ireland this calendar year; and if…
148. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his departmental officials continue to legislatively conserve invasive/non-native roach (Rutilus rutilus) under the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-law (No. 806) 2006 in Lough Melvin SAC considering their continued population growth as referenced in an Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) fish survey report …
149. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his departmental officials will continue to legislatively conserve invasive/non-native pike (Esox lucius) under the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006 in Aughrusbeg Lough SAC, Connemara, County Galway considering their recent anthropogenic introduction as referenced in an Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) fish survey repor…
237. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the legislative or scientific measures are in place to protect vulnerable and genetically distinct Atlantic salmon populations in rivers that are not assessed by the Technical Expert Group on Salmon (TEGOS), in particular the Owenriff (Barna) River system No. 140, situated in the Galway Fishery District No. 9(1) where seven Atlanti…
238. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department is considering closing the Owenriff (Barna) River system No. 140, situated in the Galway Fishery District No. 9(1), to all rod and line angling under future legislation considering that it has a small and unprotected population of Atlantic salmon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16178/26]
240. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the scientific reasons his advisors changed the probability threshold from 85% (catch and release) to 75% (surplus) for Lough Corrib SAC Atlantic salmon stocks under the proposed Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026; if this change aligns with the ‘precautionary principle’ that is integral to the EU…