393. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 26 February 2026, if he will confirm that Lough Corrib is listed under SI 293/1988 (details supplied) as salmonid waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17923/26]
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404. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if Lough Corrib and the River Corrib in County Galway still retain their “salmonid waters” designation as granted by his legacy Department under S.I. No. 293/1988 - European Communities (Quality of Salmonid Waters) Regulations (1988); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16163/26]
405. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list all sporting/recreational clubs in County Galway that the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) has directly engaged with since 2020, regarding the threat of non-piscine invasive species to the ecology of Lough Corrib SAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16164/26]
178. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when he envisages that a permanent CEO of Inland Fisheries Ireland will be in situ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7518/26]
252. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to explain the reason Lough Corrib SAC, which is a large body of water greater than 600ha in size with strong stream connectivity, as per Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) statistical models, cannot produce surplus Atlantic salmon for the 2026 angling season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4197/26]
253. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will allocate extra funding to Inland Fisheries Ireland for 2026 to facilitate increased stock management (pike culling) efforts on Lough Corrib SAC considering the documented predation on salmon smolts by invasive pike together with the perilous state of salmon stocks in Ireland as referenced in the draft salmon angling regu…
254. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his officials will consider opening Lough Corrib SAC in 2027 for the harvesting of Atlantic salmon by rod and line angling; if his ‘catch and release’ proposal for 2026 results in a quantifiable growth in fish numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4200/26]
255. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reasons for his failure to sign off the proposed Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations for the 2026 salmon angling season, which would be a matter of course every December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4201/26]
256. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he accepts that the continued enforcement of S.I. No. 741/2024 [Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2024] into the 2026 salmon angling season is legally untenable considering that the appropriate assessment screening which underpins S.I. No. 741/2024 is not related to the generation of salmon that ma…
214. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide further details on the updated scientific advice, which he received in November 2025, showing that Lough Corrib SAC salmon stocks will not have a sustainable surplus available for harvest in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72488/25]
215. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department will continue to validate the presence of invasive/non-native fish such as pike, roach and carp in the Corrib Catchment through conservation bye-laws considering his comments on 4 December 2025 regarding significant coarse fisheries within the catchment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72489/25]
216. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the proposed Western Lakes Management Plan (WLMP) facilitates further promotion of coarse angling on Lough Corrib SAC and its catchment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72490/25]
217. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department will be instigating any legislative or policy changes as a result of the public consultation that ended recently regarding the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006 and the Conservation and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72492/25]
218. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of departmental officials that have held the post of principal officer of the Inland Fisheries Division since 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72495/25]
219. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the Suir River in the Waterford fishery district will remain open for salmon angling in 2026 on a ‘catch and release’ basis considering that there is a known mortality with releasing fish alive after handling as per peer reviewed literature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72496/25]
189. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reasons for the inaction in publishing the Western Lakes Management Plan, considering that the plan has been proposed since September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58950/25]
190. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when he will fulfil the fundamental obligation in the 2025 Programme for Government vis-à-vis the recognition of the great western lakes, including Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway, as salmonid waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58951/25]
191. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason his Department attempted to take legislative control of stock management/invasive pike culls on the great western lakes during 2021, which is an operational matter for Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58952/25]
192. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if it is the long term plan of his Departmental officials to introduce a national rod licence dressed up as mandatory angler registration charge for freshwater recreational angling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58953/25]
193. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his Departments plans to describe an organisation (details supplied) as a consultative body on recreational and competitive angling in future primary legislation or amendments to existing primary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58954/25]
194. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Departmental officials will grant an organisation (details supplied) the right to appoint a representative to the Board of Inland Fisheries Ireland in future primary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58955/25]
195. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Departmental officials will appoint an organisation (details supplied) as sole administrators for any future national recreational angling fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58956/25]
196. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the current economic based multi-species recreational freshwater angling model is consistent with Ireland’s legal obligations under the EU Habitats and Water Framework Directives plus the EU Nature Restoration Law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58957/25]
197. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of meetings of the Angling Consultative Council of Ireland (ACCI)/Angling Advisory Group (AAG) convened since September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58959/25]
669. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) operates a hatchery near Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway under licence from his Department, if IFI notified him of its imminent closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57333/25]