Fisheries Protection

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]

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]

141. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the appropriate assessment screening produced by his Departmental officials for the Pollack Fishing Conservation Bye-Law (No. 1028) 2026 as required under the EU Habitats Directive for Special Area of Conservation (SAC) waters, was not produced by the responsible statutory body, Inland Fisheries Irela…

142. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Irish State's legal obligations under Article 6.2 of the EU Habitats Directive considered when drafting 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51739/26]

143. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the Owenriff (Barna) River system (No. 140) was not listed in Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout Bye-Law (No. C.S. 287) 2006, considering that 16 Atlantic salmon were harvested from the system in 2005 and a neighbouring system within the Galway District, the Knock River system (No. 142), produced no…

144. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which regulatory and administrative practices concerning appropriate assessment for inland fisheries legislation have evolved since 26 February 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51742/26]

493. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm if ranched Atlantic salmon will be added to the Third Schedule, Part 2A of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), in light of recent statements by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) confirming that ranched fish are a negative influence on …

112. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the specific recommendations contained in the Joint Research Centre review of the Blackwater fish kill incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46942/26]

113. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the timeline for implementation of each recommendation contained in the Joint Research Centre review, the agency responsible for delivery; the current status of each recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46943/26]

219. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of the concerns raised by organising committees of small regattas regarding the proposed three fish bag limit for pollock fishing; the possible impact of such limits on the participants of such regattas; the negative impact it may have on the success of such regattas; and if he will make a statement on …

421. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total annual budget allocated to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority for 2026; if he will provide a breakdown of this allocation between current operational expenditure and capital expenditure; the total funding drawn down by the authority in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on th…

17. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the intention of 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, was to give primacy to invasive/non-native freshwater fish in Special Areas of Conservation (SACs); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46184/26]

18. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the appropriate assessment screening produced by his departmental officials for the Pollack Fishing Conservation Bye-Law (No. 1028) 2026 as required under the EU Habitats Directive, followed European best practice in ecological desktop studies; furthermore was the appropriate assessment screening reviewed by a…

19. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has received any independent legal advice since February 2019 regarding the legitimacy of 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 in Special Areas of Conservation (SACs); and if he will make a statement…

20. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the licensed commercial draft netting on Lough Ree for brown trout has been subject to annual appropriate assessment screenings since 2006 under the framework of the Shannon Fisheries Region (Close Season for Draft Netting of Trout on Lough Ree) Bye-Law No. 284 of 2006 (details supplied); and if he will make a…

21. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the Shannon Fisheries Region (Close Season for Draft Netting of Trout on Lough Ree) Bye-Law (No. 284) 2006 was never subject to a full appropriate assessment screening when drafted to ensure compliance with the requirements of Regulation 31 of the now repealed European Communities (Natural Habitats) Re…

22. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason there have been repeated stockings of invasive/non-native rainbow trout into Lough Lene SAC, County Westmeath over a protracted period of time, considering that his Department officials never issued Section 14 authorisations under the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 for the stocking of the species i…

143. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will ban or restrict the use of rotenone (a natural piscicide) for the potential eradication of gyrodactylus salaris in Irish freshwater ecosystems, considering the recent NASCO (North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation) policy paper stating that rotenone is required “to preserve natural bi…

255. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update in relation to the ongoing work to consolidate and modernise legislation underpinning the work of Inland Fisheries Ireland, outlining specific fines, penalties and powers which are being targeted for updating; whether the enforcement powers available to IFI will be increased; and if he will make a…

342. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Western Fisheries Region Conservation of Trout Bye-Law (No. 840) 2008 is being reviewed by his officials considering that it has been in existence for more than ten years; given statements made by the previous Minister on 5 July 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44130/26]

343. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Western Fisheries Region Conservation of Trout Bye-Law (No. 840) 2008 was subject to a full appropriate assessment screening when drafted to ensure compliance with the requirements of regulation 31 of the now repealed European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 94 of 1997); and if h…

344. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Shannon Fisheries Region (Close Season for Draft Netting of Trout on Lough Ree) Bye-Law (No. 284) 2006 was subject to a full appropriate assessment screening when drafted to ensure compliance with the requirements of regulation 31 of the now repealed European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations 199…

345. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Conservation of Trout (No. 8 or Limerick District) Bye-Law (No 949) 2017 was subject to a full appropriate assessment screening when drafted to ensure compliance with the requirements of regulation 42 of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011), conside…

346. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his officials would issue a section 14 authorisation under the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 for the stocking of invasive/non-native rainbow trout into Lough Lene SAC, County Westmeath without an appropriate assessment screening in place as required under regulation 42 of the European Communities (Birds …

347. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department’s annual funding of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) will be reduced considering that the State is saving €270,000 per annum by closing the Cong Salmon Hatchery in County Galway as per IFI board correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44137/26]