Please email wau@housing.gov.ie by 5:00pm, 23 May 2025 with the following suggested wording.
Hi,
Please accept this as my submission on the HMWB public consultation.
I am very concerned to learn that nearly 10% of our waterbodies are proposed to be designated as ‘Heavily Modified Water Bodies’ without the basis for this being explained or supporting evidence provided. This will allow damaging dredging and river clearance to continue despite their serious ecological impacts without alternatives being explored.
The proposed designation of 466 water bodies as heavily modified should not take place until appropriate analysis is conducted and clear supporting evidence can be provided. No decision should be taken until there has been effective public engagement as part of the consultation on the next Water Action Plan.
Kind regards,