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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