Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No. The inspections will be carried out and we have agreed with the European Union that the approach in this regard will be risk-based.

We already have a risk-based approach through the 2007 Act which prioritises areas of greatest risk such as watercourses, streams, lakes and rivers. That is the approach which will be adopted in this case.

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