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Seanad: Sea Fisheries: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: It is a pleasure to be back in the Seanad again. This is my second opportunity since being elected to the other House. I recall my time here with fondness. I join the Acting Chairperson in welcoming Eoghan Clonan, someone I have come to know over many years visiting this House with his dad. It is fantastic to see him with us today. I thank the Senators for seeking this opportunity...

Seanad: Sea Fisheries: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I do. I wish to finish this piece on the EU-UK agreement. It was critically important for Ireland as we suffered disproportionately on quota transfers in the TCA and we were determined not to lose one more fish. There are people in the sector who would have liked to have had a reversal of the quota, but that was not possible. The agreement reached sees an extension of 12 years of the...

Seanad: Sea Fisheries: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Cathaoirleach and all the Senators who contributed for their valuable input. As so much has been said, I will not be able to respond to each Senator individually but I will try insofar as I can, with the few minutes I have left, to cover some of the issues. Senator Blaney knows far more about fishing than I do but, by the same token, there is a lot in common between us, as...

Seanad: Sea Fisheries: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I accept that and it is something I want to look at. I cannot give any commitments. I am conscious there is a view within the industry that we are out of kilter regarding the administrative approach rather than the criminal sanction for certain elements of that. I have made a commitment to look at this but I do not want to give any commitments relating to how I might ultimately proceed on...

Seanad: Sea Fisheries: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I can certainly do another ten minutes if that is enough.

Seanad: Sea Fisheries: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I am happy to go for another five minutes on those issues.

Seanad: Sea Fisheries: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: That is an issue I recognise there is a lot of interest in and we can work through that with a review. Some of this will be addressed through the Kieran Mulvey approach I am taking, which is to go out to all stakeholders, engage with them and listen to their views and concerns, some of which we may be able to advance and progress as part of our future framework coming from that strategy that...

Seanad: Sea Fisheries: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: That is an important feature and one I am examining but there is a difficulty. I thank the Senator for raising the matter. An allocation can be made as set out in Article 17, to which the Senator referred, but a decision taken in 2017 by the then Minister to change the policy on allocation following a review was challenged in the courts. I understand it is still in the courts under...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: Deputy McDonald has none.

Fisheries: Statements (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank all the Deputies who contributed for their insights and helpful suggestions. I want to correct one matter. I indicated, I think, that I am to meet my UK counterpart on 5 July. I am reliably informed it is 9 July. I do not want anything to be missed on the record on that. To the Sinn Féin Members who talked about their survey, that is a useful piece of work, and I can...

Fisheries: Statements (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Deputies for seeking the opportunity for statements on fisheries. I am pleased to discuss the important issues concerned affecting the fisheries sector. I wish to reassure the House that as Minister of State with responsibility for fisheries and the marine, I recognise the importance of maintaining a vibrant fishing sector, both for the communities that rely on it and,...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: With me are the assistant secretary in the Department, Ms Sinéad McSherry, and Ms Anna O'Sullivan.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Cathaoirleach and congratulate him and all those on the committee on their appointment. I am looking forward to working with them on an ongoing basis. I have already provided the committee with a written statement. I do not intend to go through it word for word. I will give a brief overview as an introductory point and then we can try to answer questions that arise. I spent...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I am not sure what response the Deputy got on the MPA legislation or from which Department but I can give her the overall objective from the Government perspective, which is to ensure that we achieve 30% marine protected areas by 2030. This is a commitment that the Government has given and I have reiterated on its behalf a number of times, most recently at the UN ocean conference earlier...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: May I address the sprat issue? I am conscious that it is an issue that has been raised by several people. There is a Government commitment to address it. There was a previous policy position that resulted in a decision of the courts that ran contrary to what the Government wished to do. A new process was engaged in and there was a consultation, which received over 5,000 responses to the...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I am happy to come back to meet the committee at any stage to facilitate discussions such as that.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Deputy for his document, which I received, although I have not had a chance to go through it in detail. In terms of capturing the sentiment of the fishing community, I have seen that at first hand. There is a very clear recognition that we must continue to engage with the community and I am prepared to do that, as I know the Deputy does. I will visit Rossaveal again tomorrow...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I just want, for completeness, to add one other point.