Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 March 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Jim Casey:

I believe we do. We have significant expertise in this area in house. We sit on a range of working groups and committees. We participate in international forums in terms of learning about the current state of knowledge on nature-based solutions. In recent years, the OPW developed a dedicated environmental section. We have people with a broad range of skill sets from ecologists, to environmental scientists, to environmental engineers within our teams. Our expertise in that area is developing. We also rely on external environmental consultants. For example, on all our flood relief schemes, we employ not only engineering consultants on the design team, but also environmental consultants. We have access to all of that capability.

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