Réada Cronin (Kildare North, Sinn Fein)

That is good. What preventative measures can the Government take to address the frequency of fish kills in Ireland? Since I was elected five and a half years ago, there have been several fish kills in my constituency, in north Kildare, in the River Rye. The distress that fish kills cause to local fishermen is horrendous and a fish kill has an impact on income as well.

Earlier today in the Dáil regulations for the EPA were discussed. During the week the EU released results which showed that we do not take biodiversity seriously at all. If we were a parent going to a parent-teacher meeting, the report card would say, "poor, poor, poor; must do better". It is deplorable. We dine out on our green image so much yet we are an absolute disgrace when it comes to protecting our biodiversity.