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

Mr. Barry Fox:

If you pollute in a river and are prosecuted by IFI, the average fines are between €1,500 and €5,000 with expenses of possibly €1,500. The penalty does not fit the crime, really. We need to be looking at bringing all these cases where they are significant on indictment. That is my position.

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