435. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider publishing a partial SAC management plan to cover salmon restoration actions for this environmental emergency given the Boyne salmon stocks only achieving 10 percent of its conservation limit, a qualifying interest for the Boyne /Kells Blackwater SAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50922/26]

436. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 27 January 2026 and 200 of 18 February 2026, the circumstances or criteria that apply in order for an SAC management plan to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50923/26]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 435 and 436 together.

The Habitats Directive does not require Member States to publish conservation plans. Consequently, there is currently no commitment to produce individual conservation plans for each Special Area of Conservation (SAC).

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is the state agency responsible for the conservation, protection and management of our inland fisheries resources. IFI manages salmon stocks on an individual river basis, including in rivers that occur in Special Areas of Conservation.