Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy

Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Malcolm NoonanMalcolm Noonan (Green Party)

My final question goes back to the point that Mr. Conor Arnold made about the delays in the response. Is there a required standard operating procedure for rapid response and analysis in response to fish kills, including rapid water chemistry testing, which all agency staff in county councils should be employing? If not, perhaps it is something that could come out of recommendations of this committee. We should try to give consideration to this so that we do not have continued repeats of this situation.

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