Fishing Industry

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 October 2024

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Wednesday, 2 October 2024

Questions (62, 64)

Noel Grealish

Question:

62. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he plans to create a freshwater fisheries reserve under an updated Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 as highlighted by his officials in 2013; if this reserve will be surreptitiously used to validate the presence of invasive/non-native fish such as pike, roach, carp and tench in special areas of conservation such as Lough Corrib, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39238/24]

Noel Grealish

Question:

64. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he plans to introduce a national fishing rod licence in the near future with a penalty points-based system akin to the national driving licence for wild brown trout and other native species excluding Atlantic salmon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39240/24]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications

I propose to take Questions Nos. 62 and 64 together.

The matters raised by the Deputy are relevant to the work underway in my Department to modernise and consolidate the policy and legislative frameworks that underpin and protect our national inland fisheries resource. The inland fisheries policy statement and future legislation will encompass a wide range of issues, including, inter alia, a greater focus on conservation, sustainable funding model for the sector and a review of existing licensing provisions for both recreational and commercial fishing

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