Invasive Plant Species

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 31 January 2017

Tuesday, 31 January 2017

Ceisteanna (734)

Maurice Quinlivan

Ceist:

734. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to his funding announcement on 24 January 2017, the amount each local authority will receive to deal with eradicating Japanese knotweed, by county, in tabular form; and the local authority areas which have reported the existence of Japanese knotweed. [4500/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

My Department is participating in a joint initiative with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) to map and treat the invasive plant species Japanese Knotweed. This involves a rolling programme led by TII.  

The amounts which will be allocated to different local authorities in 2017 is still under consideration in conjunction with TII.