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Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Apologies have been received from Senators Mark Duffy and Alice-Mary Higgins. The first item on the agenda is the engagement with stakeholders on the Coastal Lagoons: Ecology and Restoration, CLEAR, report on Lady's Island Lake in County Wexford. The purpose of this meeting is to engage with a number of stakeholders on this EPA funded report. Although representatives from the EPA were...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Our final opening statement is by Ms Ciara O'Mahony from the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: There was one question for Wexford County Council and one for the National Parks and Wildlife Service. We will take the county council first.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Yes, briefly.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: We might just get answer to those questions and then bring the Deputy back in.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Just one second. I have an indication from the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: It is a lake. Lough Carra.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Okay, Dr. Roden is out of time.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: I have a couple of questions. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked a question on how long it would take for this to work its way out. If agricultural activity on nitrates were to stop tomorrow and the bed of Lady's Island Lake was dredged satisfactorily, what would be the witnesses' best estimate of the time it would take to come back?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Ballyteigue has been mentioned and geographically it is not that far away from Lady's Island Lake. What is it that is different? Is it just where it sits? What is it that is so different that it can be taken as a reference?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Regarding the county council, every committee member has raised the issue of who owns this problem. It is incredible. The local authority is happy to take a mandate to deal with it. It will be great if it can get a mandate to lead on it, but it is incredible that no agency is obliged to deal with this problem. It is an enormous water body. This is not just with regard to Wexford....

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: I accept Mr. Hore's point. That is very interesting. He stated that farmers are working within their standards in the main, but that means the standards are too low in this situation. There are other factors at play here regarding water values, etc. In response to Mr. Hore's point, that will take time. One will never work that out. It is a whole shift or change. The NPWS mentioned...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Deputy Whitmore mentioned writing to the Minister. Can we clarify or agree on which Minister? The way we have structured this discussion, the areas of climate, housing and agriculture have all featured. Is there a particular Minister we feel would be the most suitable?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: We will determine that. Our request of the witnesses is that they write, as agencies, to their own line Ministers, but we will do it here from this committee as well. I call Deputy Ahern.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: It is all downhill from here.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: May I stop Mr. Cooney? That has been noted. The question is about the intensity of farming vis-à-vis the restoration of the water body. The question was about how we make them sit together.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Deputy Cronin wants to come back in.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: We are probably coming towards the end of this session. Aquafact mentioned a couple of exemplar projects. If I asked for one exemplar project for this committee to look at as an example of best practice, would it be Lough Carra? Is that the organisation's recommendation?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Okay. From the committee's perspective, the Burrenbeo project is probably the example to-----

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: Okay. Before I pick up on something that Deputy Whitmore said, I wish to give the three organisations here today - one group and two agencies - an opportunity to provide two recommendations to put on the record. They may not have anything they wish to recommend. The recommendation may be to get the group together and get moving which is fine. The organisations might have a quick think...