Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what (a) temperature and (b) quality checks have beencarried out in the last 12 months by staff of the Movanagher Fish Farm to detect poor water quality. [181819]Angela Smith: The information requested is as follows:(a) Staff at Movanagher Fish Farm record the temperature of the inflowing water supply on a daily basis for managementpurposes.(b) Staff at Movanagher fish farm do not monitor water quality in the river and canal supplying water to the farm. This isthe responsibility of the EHS Water Management Unit. Water quality is monitored at four points on the Lower Bann. The nearestmonitoring point to Movanagher Fish Farm is at Kilrea Bridge, 3 to 4 km upstream of the farm. Samples are taken monthly. Inaddition, farm staff undertake checks of dissolved oxygen of the inflowing water supply if flows and temperature suggest that fishmay be stressed.EHS is committed to chemical and biological monitoring of all significant waterways in Northern Ireland in line with national andinternational classification schemes and agreements. DCAL continues to engage with EHS and others to bring forward initiatives toaddress widespread water quality problems in Northern Ireland's waterways.