Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Pollagh section of the River Moy in County Mayo; if Inland Fisheries Ireland is considering the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18369/18]

Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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I understand that the Deputy is referring to speculation regarding the sale of fishing rights.

The section of the River Moy which flows through the townland of Pollagh near Foxford, Co. Mayo is part of the wider Cloongee Fishery and is directly managed by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) in whom the fishing rights are vested. IFI have confirmed that state owned fishing rights on the Moy are important and valuable national assets and they have no plans to sell these rights.

Speculation in this regard relating to any part of the Cloongee fishery which includes the Pollagh section is unfounded.