Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 September 2025
285. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Inland Fisheries Ireland has assessed the impact of the August 2025 Blackwater fish kill on invertebrate populations, including caddisflies, and other macroinvertebrates used as water-quality indicators; and to publish results of any kick-sampling surveys conducted. [50874/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraInland Fisheries Ireland is the state environment agency tasked with the protection, management and conservation of the inland fisheries resource in Ireland. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) oversees and implements the national water quality monitoring programme. Both agencies are under the aegis of the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications and, as such, I am not in a position to reply as to the biological elements monitored in the context of this question, which would be best asked directly at that Ministry, in the first instance.
