Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My response is similar to what I said to Deputy Whitmore. It is when the fish are floating you often know you have a problem. It is hard to gauge for an average person. I keep coming back to the point that the angling community are probably some of the most passionate people about protecting our rivers and systems. It is a large community of people monitoring who we can turn to for help. Broadly, I would like to see Inland Fisheries Ireland strengthened, expanded and extended in its role. We literally just agreed in Cabinet this morning on the second phase of the land use review, which will require all hands on deck to ensure we understand what is happening in our land and waterways. I am all the more keen to have the new board appointed and for IFI to be involved in that. It has a central role.