517. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to set out the number of cases of Japanese knotweed identified across all local authority areas in the country; the actions being taken at both local and national level to eradicate this dangerous weed; if a national eradication strategy is in place; the person or bodies overseeing this, if it exists; the details of the strategy; if funding has been made available to local authorities for this purpose; if she will commit funding in budget 2017 to local authorities to deal with this problem; and if research either nationally or internationally is ongoing to attempt to find a product to eradicate Japanese knotweed. [26628/16]

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517. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to set out the number of cases of Japanese knotweed identified across all local authority areas in the country; the actions being taken at both local and national level to eradicate this dangerous weed; if a national eradication strategy is in place; the person or bodies overseeing this, if it exists; the details of the strategy; if funding has been made available to local authorities for this purpose; if she will commit funding in budget 2017 to local authorities to deal with this problem; and if research either nationally or internationally is ongoing to attempt to find a product to eradicate Japanese knotweed. [26628/16]

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