Éamon Ó Cuív
Question:443. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the studies carried out by her Department on the potential damage pike can indirectly cause to the pearl mussel population, particularly in the Owenriff river near Oughterard, County Galway; the steps she has taken to consult Inland Fisheries Ireland and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment on this matter; if a policy of culling this species in Lough Corrib is proposed and an elimination of it from the Owenriff river near Oughterard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4607/17]
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