Paddy Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Amendment No. 40 is a huge amendment. Will it be enacted straight away? If the Bill is passed, it will have to go back to the other House to be passed into law. Is it the case that the full effect will not come into being until the Minister so prescribes which could be years after the Bill is enacted? In Castlebar, where there are three lakes, the mink have killed all the swans which come back to those lakes. There is an infestation of mink. Could this amendment resolve this? It is a serious issue as hundreds of swans have been killed by these mink. Will the Minister be bringing forward regulations around this amendment on an ongoing basis? How will it proceed when the Bill is fully enacted?