Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the €110 million, its allocation highlights there is a significant problem with fish coming back upstream and obstacles. It has been reported in the media that 7,200 of the 73,000 barriers identified nationally will likely require removal or mitigation. This will contribute towards getting nature back into better shape. What is the timeline for carrying out this work? Obviously there is a bit of urgency with this if we have a 90% collapse. The numbers coming back upstream have collapsed.