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]
Topics / Fisheries Protection
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsFisheries Protection
136 questions from 33 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 7 September 2026.
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348. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his officials will continue to legislatively protect ranched (fin clipped) Atlantic salmon in Lough Corrib SAC, including the compulsory gill tagging of harvested ranched salmon, considering that the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has accepted that ranched salmon are detrimental to the wild salmon stock in the SAC as pe…
298. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the inland fisheries bye-laws in existence for ten years or more that are currently being reviewed by his officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39558/26]
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]
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…
117. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the most recent engagement his Department and its agencies have had with stakeholders on any proposals for potential future management measures for razor clam fisheries in the North Irish Sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34699/26]
120. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence, to ensure that the Fisheries Monitoring Centre is adequately resourced to perform its responsibilities throughout the Irish EEZ; and to provide statistics on inspections of vessels in the zone for the past five years, by year, to illustrate t…
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]
94. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has examined the potential role of artificial reef structures, including emerging reef technologies, as part of marine habitat restoration and fisheries ecosystem enhancement in Irish coastal waters; whether any research, pilot projects or feasibility assessments have been undertaken in this regard, including in t…
100. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way it is intended to address the huge issue caused by illegal, unregistered fishing operations targeting razor clam harvesting in Clogherhead, County Louth, and throughout the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20821/26]
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…