Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 16 Feb 1999

Vol. 500 No. 4

Written Answers. - Water Pollution.

Mary Hanafin

Question:

146 Ms Hanafin asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources the number of prosecutions initiated for water pollution in each of the years 1997 and 1998; the number of water pollution prosecutions initiated in each of these years specifically resulting from fish kills; and the number of convictions in each case. [4039/99]

Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources (Dr. Woods)

The information requested by the Deputy is as follows:

Prosecutions in relation to Water Pollution Cases

	1997	1998
Number of cases initiated	69*	44
Number of Convictions	43	23
Number of Cases Pending	24	21

*2 cases withdrawn

Prosecutions in relation to Fish Kills Only

	1997	1998
Number of cases initiated	13	7
Number of Convictions	11	4
Number of Cases Pending	2	3

There were fewer incidents of water pollution and fish kills in 1998.