Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (Wicklow-Wexford, Sinn Fein)
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201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for information on the terms and the parties involved in the proposed action plan led by Wexford County Council and the time scales for agreed action (details supplied). [55708/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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In relation to Lady’s Island Lake, my colleague, Minister of State, Christopher O’Sullivan along with Department officials have met with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) along with Wexford County Council, National Parks and Wildlife (NPWS) and Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) to establish an oversight group for Lady’s Island. This group has met on multiple occasions and is led and chaired by Wexford County Council. Teagasc also recently joined. Minister O'Sullivan has requested that Wexford County Council urgently prepare a specific action plan to deal with the pollution at the lake, which will follow the framework and mechanisms within the Water Action Plan. Wexford County Council, who are leading this project, is in the final stages of developing an action plan for the area.

Lady’s Island Lake is a Priority Area for Action (PAA) under the existing Water Action Plan and therefore all mechanisms for undertaking scientific and compliance investigations, delivery of advice and implementing regulatory and supplementary measures under the Water Action Plan will be harnessed. Funding from my Department has already been provided to support a significant component of the action required through the provision of (i) National Agricultural Inspection Programme (NAIP) inspectors in the local authorities, whom are responsible for investigating farm compliance with the Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) Regulations; (ii) free advice and support for farmers under ASSAP, and co-funding is provided by DAFM and my Department for (iii) the implementation of supplementary measures through the Farming for Water EIP.