Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding information received in respect of a complaint made in respect of agencies in his Department to the Petitions Commission in the EU (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49209/21]

Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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Galway County Council, as the planning authority for the area concerned, is responsible for regulating the activities mentioned in the complaint as having an adverse impact on the freshwater pearl mussel.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department has conveyed its concerns around the issues raised in the complaint to the Council and is monitoring the situation, particularly in relation to the freshwater pearl mussel population in the river.