Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 65: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of significant fish kills that took place in the River Liffey over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5386/05]

Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Fisheries Acts, primary responsibility for the conservation, protection and development of inland fisheries rests with the regional fisheries board, in this case the Eastern Regional Fisheries Board.

I am advised by the chief executive officer of the board that there have been no significant fish kills on the main Liffey channel in the past three years according to the records of the board. The chief executive officer advises me that one fish kill was recorded in 2003 on each of the Griffeen, 3 April 2003, and River Ryewater, 15 September 2003, and that one fish kill was recorded in 2004 on the River Ryewater, 18 to 19 June 2004.

While prosecutions might not have been possible in all cases, to date in at least one case amelioration damages have been obtained.