Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Under the wildlife (amendment) Bill proposed by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, the freshwater pearl mussel should also be included for de-designation. It was designated in the upper Blackwater region of County Cork, but it has transpired, according to scientists in the Department, that it should not have been designated in the first instance.

I ask the Taoiseach, with respect to the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill, to make sure there is proper scientific evidence for any proposal designated area, and that the regions that were designated heretofore will be undesignated or de-designated.

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