128. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 3 March 2026, the weight he places on the salmon catch data from angling logbooks for the Boyne catchment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50924/26]
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129. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 3 March 2026 if the TEGOS framework design considered periods of low rainfall that span across two calendar years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50925/26]
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]
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…
287. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 27 January 2026, in view of the Court of Justice of the EU ruling on case C-444/21 EU Commission v Ireland if he will deliver individual conservation plans for each SAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9119/26]
620. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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 rivers has seen a catastrophic collapse, down to 10% of the conservation limit for the catchments; if he will consider whether it appropriate at this time to publish an SAC management plan…
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…