Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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618. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of times since January 2017 Inland Fisheries Ireland has inspected a privately operated tailrace at Clohamon on the river Slaney; the number of salmon removed from this tailrace during these inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32393/17]

Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) staff inspects the area in question on a regular basis as part of fishery protection patrols on the River Slaney. The area is also inspected by environmental staff to gauge the level of fish that can, at times, enter past the grating into the tailrace of a private hydroelectric scheme.

IFI Staff have conducted, with the assistance of the owner of the facility, one significant rescue operation so far this year and on that occasion 20 salmon and 200 sea trout were safely returned back to the main river channel.