asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry if he can quantify the damage caused, if any, to forests and fish life in Ireland by acid rain; and if he will outline the measures his Department intend to take to counteract this damage.

My information is that little if any such damage has taken place in this country to date. However, the situation generally in regard to possible effects of acid rain on forests and fish life is being kept under review and in this context my Department are participating, at national and international level, in a number of measures concerned with the study of this subject.