Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 336: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will instruct the Fisheries Board to clean out a river (details supplied) in County Mayo. [37524/06]

John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Fisheries Acts, primary responsibility for the management, conservation, protection, development and improvement of inland fisheries rests with the regional fisheries boards, in this case the Western Regional Fisheries Board. Funding is allocated directly to each fisheries board from the vote of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.

It is a matter for the Boards themselves to determine the priorities within their catchment areas.