Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 February 2024
42. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the review of two bye-laws (details supplied) will commence; if the Office of the Attorney General will participate in the review; the terms of reference for the review; the timeframe for the review to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5783/24]
View answerI have been advised by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), the statutory authority for the protection, management and conservation of Ireland’s inland fisheries and sea angling resources that they are currently preparing material to support a review of bye-laws 806 and 809 in certain scheduled waters. This material will be forwarded to the Department for my attention in due course.
IFI have invited tenders from suitably qualified, independent environmental consultants to carry out an Appropriate Assessment of the likely significant impacts of any changes to the current bye-laws on the integrity of any European (Natura 2000) sites.
Once the Appropriate Assessment has been carried out, IFI will then be in a position to open the bye-law review and said assessment to public consultation for a period of six weeks. All submissions received during this consultation process will be considered before any decision is taken as to the nature and purpose of any changes to the current bye-laws.
