Environmental Schemes

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 July 2020

Tuesday, 28 July 2020

Ceisteanna (302)

Seán Sherlock

Ceist:

302. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when survey work will commence on the status of the freshwater pearl mussel in the River Blackwater. [18623/20]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht

I refer the Deputy to my reply to PQ 16666/20.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service intends to carry out the survey design, planning and costing for this work later this year.

While work programmes in my Department for next year must be considered in the context of wider budgetary discussions in the coming months, subject to resources being available, I hope that the survey work on the status of the freshwater pearl mussel in the River Blackwater can commence in 2021.