Date	County	PAA	Venue	Time	Register
3rd December	Roscommon	Tulsk River Catchment	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	Register for this Meeting
30th November	Roscommon	The Suck Catchment	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	Register for this Meeting
24th November	Kilkenny	River Bregagh Catchment	Virtual Meeting	7:30PM	Register for this Meeting
24th November	Clare	Doolough Lake & the Annageeragh River	Virtual Meeting	7:30PM	Register for this Meeting
23rd November	Galway	The Island Catchment	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	Register for this meeting
5th November	Louth	Castletown – Castletown and Creggan Rivers	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	Event Finished
4th November	Cork	Midleton – The Dungourney and Owennacurra rivers and the Owenacurra Estuary	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	View Recorded Presentation
3rd November	Cavan	Templeport – Templeport Lake Stream & Bunerky Lough	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	Event Finished
3rd November	Cork	Upper Funshion – The Funshion and the Gradoge River	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	View Recorded Presentation
2nd November	Cork	Carrigrohid Lake Catchment	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	View Recorded Presentation
28th October	Cork	The Ogeen River	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	View Recorded Presentation
27th October	Cork	Keel and Foherish River Catchments	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	View Recorded Presentation
28 September	Galway	Cashla Catchment	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	Event Finished
22nd September	Wexford	Owenavorragh River Catchment	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	Event Finished
10th September	Clare	Lickeen Lake & the Ballymacraven River	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	Event Finished
9th September	Meath/ Kildare	Blackwater (Longwood) Catchment	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	Event finished
8th September	Clare	Carrigaholt (Moyarta) River Catchment	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	Event Finished
31st August	Offaly	Boora Catchment Meeting	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	Event Finished
26th August	Meath	Lower River Nanny Catchment	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	Event Finished
19th August	Cork	Adrigole Catchment	Virtual Meeting	7:30 pm	Event Finished

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and public health advice restricting phusical gatherings LAWPRO is facilitating Community Information Meetings via Zoom. These online meetings will inform local communities of what is happening in their local catchments and provide opportunities for questions and answers.   

The Local Authority Waters Programme are hosting Community Information Meetings in advance of any field work in the priority Areas For Action. This is to inform communities and stakeholders of planned activities and assessments on their local water bodies, and allow for local input into the process. These meetings commenced in October 2018 and will continue over the lifespan of the RBMP (up to 2021). Meeting details will be advertised in local press, radio (interviews and community news) and on social media. The table below contains information and details relating to the meetings. 

The River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2018 – 2021 (RBMP) sets out a new approach for the protection and management of water quality in our rivers, lakes, estuaries, groundwater, and coastal waters. This RBMP is underpinned by a strong evidence base resulting from the work of the Environmental Protection Agency, Inland Fisheries Ireland and all 31 Local Authorities in assessing the status of water quality. Developing this current RBMP involved extensive collaboration between the relevant public bodies together with public and stakeholder involvement.

The RBMP lists 190 priority Areas for Action where collaborative efforts will be focussed to improve water quality over the period 2018 – 2021. These Areas for Action include 726 specific waterbodies. A water body can be a river or tributary, a lake, a body of groundwater, an estuary, or a coastal area.

Water quality improvements will deliver multiple benefits for: human health, wildlife, and local economies through tourism and sustainable industry. This approach will require ongoing coordination and collaboration between local authorities, State agencies and stakeholders, together with continued public engagement and participation.

The next steps will involve ‘on the ground’ actions and stream walks by catchment scientists to gain a better understanding of the issues impacting on water quality in the priority Areas For Action and to develop solutions that are relevant and workable locally.