241. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the 2025 Programme for Government commitment to protect and recognise the Great Western Lakes including Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway as salmonid waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16182/26]
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243. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to examine correspondence (details supplied) in relation to proposed amendments to the wild salmon and sea trout tagging scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16284/26]
249. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of the serious local concern about the proposal from IFI to replace a well-regulated catch-and-release fishery with a full closure of the River Boyne under the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Regulations for 2026; if he will seek clarification from the IFI on the evidence supporting full closure rather than continued…
191. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason he is separating spring salmon from summer salmon when placing restrictions on draft fishermen, instead of counting the total number of fish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7009/26]
192. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the role his Department has taken in relation to the fish kill incident in the River Blackwater. [14264/26]
310. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to reverse the decision to ban salmon draft net fishing in 2026 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75312/25]
313. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the Joint Committee investigation into the Munster Blackwater fish kill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1489/26]
314. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason a catch and release policy has been introduced on the Clare and Corrib Rivers in County Galway; if he will publish the full scientific basis for the proposed catch and release designation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1882/26]
315. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the opportunities anglers and angling bodies have to contribute to the decisions surrounding river and fish stock management before a proposed decision is made; if he has considered involving these angling groups in the initial stages of analysing river and fish stock status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1883/26]
316. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of an Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) survey conducted in 2025 which notes that salmon stocks on the Boyne and Kells Blackwater river has seen a catastrophic collapse, down to 10% of the conservation limit for the catchments; considering that salmon are a qualifying interest in the Boyne/Kells Blackwater SAC if he wil…
318. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 10 December 2025, the role which IFI are playing in the independent EU Joint Research Committee investigation into the Blackwater Fishkill; when did it begin, specifically the date; the other State agencies which are involved; the details he is aware of in relation to the report currently; i…
322. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reasons a catch and release policy has been introduced on the Owenea river, County Donegal; the reason the Loughros More estuary, County Donegal has been closed for fishing in 2026; if he has considered the assertions from the local community that the Owenea river and the Owentocker river both have high fry counts; and if…
330. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which the decision was reached for fishing on the Blackwater making it catch & release for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74461/25]
331. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department will be able to compensate a club (details supplied) for the losses they will incur by making fishing on the Blackwater catch & release for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74462/25]
333. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding the published electro fishing numbers for fry, if he will confirm whether this is based on five year statistics. [74464/25]
354. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his attention has been drawn to research by a group, showing that 7,551 salmon migrated to the Corrib system in 2025; if he will provide details on the way in which this figure was calculated given consideration to factors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74836/25]
355. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the normal groups (details supplied), five-year average stock assessment reports, were not adhered to in 2025 to determine whether catch and release, or C&R, on the Corrib system should be recommended or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74837/25]
356. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) for 2025 having not yet been published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74838/25]
357. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will change the proposed determination of catch and release or C&R for the Corrib system back to open for harvesting in view of a reply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74839/25]
207. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there are plans in place at Departmental level to re-designate Lough Sheelin as a pike and coarse fishery considering the results of the 2022 fish survey conducted by Inland Fisheries Ireland, which found that native brown trout are a marginalised species within a larger biomass of invasive and-or non-native fish; and if he will…
208. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department and Inland Fisheries Ireland are considering legislation for Lough Sheelin to impose a total ban on the harvesting of brown trout by rod angling; a total ban on the use of electronics (chartplotters, echosounders, side-scan sonar, livescope and active target) for angling purposes; restricting the use of outboard e…
209. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his inland fisheries division and Inland Fisheries Ireland continue to support catch and release angling competitions on Lough Corrib special area of conservation, SAC, which advertently target native brown trout under 13 inches or 33 cm, as defined in the Western Fisheries Region Conservation of Trout Bye-law No. 840, 2008; and…
210. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Departmental officials, in conjunction with Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI, will implement legislative changes to the Conservation of Pike Bye-law No. 809, 2006 as clearly referenced in the IFI’s 2014 pike policy document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63204/25]
212. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason minutes of the Angling Consultative Council of Ireland, ACCI, and Angling Advisory Group, AAG, meetings held on 6 August and 15 October 2024, respectively, have not been disseminated in the public domain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63206/25]
213. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Departmental officials and Inland Fisheries Ireland continue to legislatively conserve the invasive fish species of roach and dace in the River Blackwater special area of conservation, SAC, considering their classification under the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S. I. No. 477 of 2011); a…