Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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I have a final question. Professor Collins referred to the River Boyne. Parts of the Boyne, as well as 466 of our rivers, have been redesignated as heavily modified water bodies, which effectively means they do not have to reach the same high standards of environmental health as other rivers and lakes. It is not IFI doing this but we are calling attention to the declining standards of our rivers and in particular the Boyne and then we are redesignating them in a way that means they do not have to meet the same standards. Does this have an impact on the work IFI is required to do or expected to do?