(1) (a) What has been her department’s involvement with the development of the national Diatom Assessment Protocol (DAP) and (b) what entity is driving the development of the protocol; (2) whether her department continues to support the development of this protocol; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether her department has been approached to provide funding for this project; if so, what was her department’s response; (4) whether her department is currently rolling out its own diatom monitoring project across the country; if so, how does this relate to the ongoing development of the DAP; (5) how will her department use the DAP once it is completed?