Results 1-11 of 11 for harrington speaker:Simon Coveney

Topical Issue Debate: Apprenticeship Programmes (15 Jul 2015)

Simon Coveney: ...fishing and aquaculture but in respect of other marine industries as well. Many of these were explored for their potential at the SeaFest conference last Friday and Saturday, which I know Deputy Harrington attended.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Dec 2014)

Simon Coveney: Deputy Harrington speaks to me about these issues all the time. He is right in that the industry is taking a very responsible approach and accepting a number of proposed cuts. As it happens, some of those proposed cuts would have seen very big increases either last year or the year before in the case of herring, for example. Fishermen realise that if they take hard medicine when they need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...other banks, will at least match what we are doing by making loan or overdraft facilities available to enable people to avail of grant aid. It is important for people to know that. In response to Deputy Harrington, I hope we will get some recommendations on the scallops. I hope we have started the ball rolling on that issue. That was the idea behind hatcheries for lobster. People...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (26 Nov 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...see the process whereby they are made. The negotiations in December will be difficult for us. The numbers are harder and starker than in the preceding two years. I am conscious of Deputy Harrington's point that the vast majority of fishermen in Ireland are not operating in large pelagic vessels - they are in medium-sized, white fish demersal vessels. That is how most fishing families...

Fodder Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (7 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...(AEOS) payments over the last 10 days, close to a further 600 AEOS payments valued at just over €1.3 million are expected to issue within the next week."I am sharing time with Deputies Kieran O'Donnell, Noel Harrington, Paul J. Connaughton, Tom Hayes and Arthur Spring. I thank the Opposition Deputies for putting down this motion. It gives me an opportunity to outline what is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (6 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...is a fish with a cyclical pattern of increase and decline every five or seven years in order to demonstrate that this is not a declining fish stock. I refer to a fascinating book which Deputy Noel Harrington might enjoy reading over Christmas. The years 1994, 2002 and 2009 show a significant breeding recruitment. We are now seeing the returns from the 2009 recruitment with an increase...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (6 Dec 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...where change is both appropriate and sustainable, and this is what we will do to try to get the best possible deal we can in December. I am perfectly conscious of how reliant people are. Deputy Harrington is correct. People in such places as Rossaveal, Killybegs, Dingle, Castletownbere and Greencastle and those along the east and south-east coasts will be watching the December...

Fisheries Protection (21 Mar 2012)

Simon Coveney: .... I have set out for the House on numerous occasions the background to the mackerel dispute with Iceland and the Faroe Islands, most recently last week during a Topical Issue debate with Deputy Harrington. I have also set down the importance of the mackerel fishery for our fleet and the serious concerns we have about the current unacceptable situation. It is clear that the irresponsible...

Fishing Industry Development: Statements (23 Nov 2011)

Simon Coveney: Deputy Harrington asked about next year's tuna quota. It has been decided and we have managed to secure a roll-over of this year's quota into next year. This will be deemed a success, given the amount of pressure applied by some countries to take greater shares of the quota to satisfy other interests. They have not been given those shares. Deputy Clare Daly referred to the matter of...

Farm Safety (6 Oct 2011)

Simon Coveney: ...by which we can be more effective. This is a problem across the European Union. Ireland's figures for fatalities are not that different from those in most other European countries. What Deputy Harrington has referred to is essentially a device which, if one falls into the water, will immediately send a signal to the recuse services, which can dramatically reduce the likelihood of...

Common Fisheries Policy Reform: Statements (20 Jul 2011)

Simon Coveney: I propose to share time with Deputies Harrington and McHugh. Our purpose this evening is to discuss the Common Fisheries Policy which was debated yesterday for the first time in a real sense at the European Council when the Commissioner presented her policy reform document to Ministers. I welcome much of what is contained in the document and the principle behind many of the objectives set...