Inland Fisheries

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]

13. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in view of the fact that Inland Fisheries Ireland operates a facility (details supplied) in County Galway under licence from his Department, if Inland Fisheries Ireland notified him of its imminent closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55539/25]

17. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there have been any resignations from the Board of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) this calendar year considering that IFI operates under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55546/25]

18. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the principal officer of the Inland Fisheries Division within his Department, is on secondment to the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55548/25]

736. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement his Department had with Inland Fisheries Ireland regarding fish mortality events in the River Blackwater since 2024; and if continuous water quality monitoring has been considered at licensed discharge points. [51155/25]

737. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received reports of fish mortality in the River Blackwater in 2025; and if continuous monitoring of licensed discharge points is being considered. [51168/25]

100. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the status of the current investigation into the widespread fish kill in the River Blackwater in recent weeks; if his Department has found the source of the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49317/25]

118. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he has taken in response to the fish kill on the River Blackwater; if he has met with Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49106/25]

145. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the action his Department is taking to identify the source of the river Blackwater fish kill; for an update on the work carried out to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48998/25]

146. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he has taken in response to the fishkill on the River Blackwater; if he has met with Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49038/25]

89. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline the remit of Inland Fisheries Ireland under legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45966/25]

162. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the overall budget for Inland Fisheries Ireland for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46200/25]

163. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of Inland Fisheries Ireland's overall budget that was allocated for staffing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46201/25]

232. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the rationale for treating the three sisters of the rivers Suir, Nore and Barrow as three distinct salmon fisheries for regulatory purposes with three different conservation limits when the salmon in all three rivers have been proven to be genetically the same, and should be considered as one stock and not t…

218. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if, given that on Tuesday, 20 May this year, Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) closed the Galway Salmon Weir Fishery until further notice due to high water temperatures, IFI provided any evidence that Atlantic salmon were resident in the weir at the time of closure considering that IFI operates under the aegis of h…

231. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of fisheries protection officers employed by Inland Fisheries Ireland, permanent and temporary contracts, for the years, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form. [25598/25]

232. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the completion status of his Departments review of relevant inland fisheries bye-laws in force for ten years or more and their continued application, in particular the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law No. 809 of 2006; and …

233. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the independent review of Inland Fisheries Ireland's implementation of the recommendations of the 2023 Governance Review will commence, as per the current Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25682/25]

234. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for a timetable of the publication of the Western Lakes Management Plan, considering that the plan has been in the pipeline since September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25683/25]

235. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether Ireland's membership of the European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) is consistent with the State policy of conserving non-native/invasive freshwater fish through the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 and the Conservation …