Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We have been in contact with officials in Europe who say the National Parks and Wildlife Service would be responsible, on land or water, for the eradication of invasive species. However, the Minister has made it very clear that it is not her Department that is responsible for the Asian clam in Lanesborough. Obviously, it must be a matter for Waterways Ireland. I presume it is not a matter for the ESB. I need to determine it is not the responsibility of the Department. The Minister referred to joined-up thinking involving three separate bodies. That is great, but there has to be a captain of a ship and there has to be a captain on a football team. The Minister is saying her Department is not responsible, contrary to the advice we are receiving from Europe.

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