I propose to take Questions Nos. 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32 together.
The management of each of Ireland’s 140 salmon rivers including the calculation of the salmon catchment numbers/allowances/exploitation rates/conservation limits per river are operational matters for Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) in which neither I nor my Department have any role.
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has established a specific email address for queries from Oireachtas members so that queries relating to operational matters can be addressed promptly, in line with IFI’s objective to deliver services to the highest standards. The email address is oireachtas@fisheriesireland.ie
In December of each year a suite of secondary legislation – including the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations (WSSTTSRs) – is made by my Department to set out the fisheries management regime for the following year based on individual annual assessments of Ireland's salmon rivers carried out by the independent Technical Expert Group on Salmon (TEGOS) in conjunction with IFI.