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Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Dec 2017)

Seán Kyne: I commend Deputy Lawless on bringing forward this Bill, which seeks to deal with an important issue that is very worthy of debate. However, I join my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Naughten, in recommending that these proposals be opposed on the basis that they are likely to have a number of serious unintended consequences. The issues we are discussing this evening are undoubtedly of grave...

Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Dec 2017)

Seán Kyne: The Deputy means the opening of the Luas, not the Luas works.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (12 Dec 2017)

Seán Kyne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 408 and 409 together. IFI has been involved in the management of pike in designated Wild Brown Trout Fisheries for a number of years.  In August 2014 IFI launched policies on brown trout and pike. These policies, approved by the Board of IFI, were developed by two working groups which included inter aliarepresentatives from the main Trout and...

Topical Issue Debate: Company Closures (7 Dec 2017)

Seán Kyne: -----that this situation has been resolved. Keep the pressure on, and I will do the same with the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, regarding the report.

Topical Issue Debate: Company Closures (7 Dec 2017)

Seán Kyne: I thank Deputy Fitzpatrick for raising this very important Topical Issue matter and I am delighted to hear that matters have been rectified since it was put down today. Thankfully, the staff and management of Air Bound Trampoline Park have received good news, which is excellent, although I understand where the Deputy is coming from in terms of ensuring this sort of thing does not happen in...

Topical Issue Debate: Company Closures (7 Dec 2017)

Seán Kyne: I applaud the Deputy's sincerity and the interest he has taken in this company. It is great news for staff coming up to Christmas that it has been able to find this vital insurance. I will pass on the comments he has made to the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, and I am sure he will also investigate the matter. I am not aware of the company, although it sounds a wonderful facility and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (30 Nov 2017)

Seán Kyne: The specific byelaw referred to is the “Skin-diving for Shellfish Byelaw” -  No. 533 of 1966 which prohibited diving, with and without aided breathing apparatus, for the taking of shellfish principally scallops but also other shellfish such as lobsters or crayfish. It is considered that removing the prohibition would disadvantage long...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff (30 Nov 2017)

Seán Kyne: I am advised that Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) comply with the prevailing conditions as regards retirement ages for its employees.  In the event of any changes in these conditions, which is a matter for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in the first instance, IFI will be required to comply with such revised conditions.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (29 Nov 2017)

Seán Kyne: Management of salmon stocks is carried out by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) and is supported by scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) and Ireland's independent Standing Scientific Committee (SSC). I gave statutory notice on 15 November 2017 of the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations, 2017 to provide for the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (29 Nov 2017)

Seán Kyne: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 60 and 74 of 21 November 2017. The position is unchanged.

Topical Issue Debate: Television Licence Fee Collection (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Deputy for putting down this Topical Issue, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment. I recognise the important part that public service broadcasters play in our democratic society. The provision of stable and adequate funding is essential to ensuring the continued delivery of their role in this regard. I am very much aware,...

Topical Issue Debate: Television Licence Fee Collection (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Deputy for her response. I appreciate that she is a member of the committee and I am sure she took part fully in the debate and public hearings that were held on the discussions as part of the consideration of this. This is a cross-party report. I appreciate that it is not a unanimous report. It was published today. With regard to the timing of it, the Deputy can take it up...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland Staff (28 Nov 2017)

Seán Kyne: The staff complement of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) at the beginning of 2012 was 341 (FTE), in overall terms; and by the end of quarter 3 of 2017, the IFI staff complement was 297. In terms of fisheries management and operational efficiency, IFI do not deploy staff on an individual county basis.  Deployment is largely based on river catchments which very often...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Exploration Licences (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Kyne: I dtús báire, cuirim fáilte roimh an deis an cheadúnas sirtheoireachta don chomhlacht MOAG ó Cheanada a phlé. Tá ceadúnas sirtheoireachta i lámh MOAG do cheantar PL 934, atá lonnaithe i gCarna, Conamara. Tá oifig agus áit stórála faighte ag MOAG ar léas ó Údarás na Gaeltachta i gCarna. Tá...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Exploration Licences (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Kyne: It has not come across my desk yet. I will get back to the Senator on whether it has been received and whether it can be published. Where we can, we put information on natural resources up on the relevant section of the Department's website. If it is available, we will send a copy to the Senator. It is at the prospecting licence stage at the moment and if it is to go to the next stage, a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (23 Nov 2017)

Seán Kyne: I refer to the reply to Question Nos. 60 and 74 of 21 November 2017. Discussions are on going with ESB Fisheries in this context.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (22 Nov 2017)

Seán Kyne: Under the terms of a judicial review Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) on behalf of the Minister will remove the weir and the owners will pay all reasonable costs associated with the removal.  IFI will act as agents of the Minister and manage the removal of the structure so as to minimise the impact on flora, fauna and habitat in the river. My Department and IFI have been advised that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Stocks (22 Nov 2017)

Seán Kyne: I am informed by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) that they have powers under Section 123 of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 in relation to the requirements for gratings in watercourses diverted from rivers to prevent entry therein of salmon or trout. While the gratings in question meet the legal requirements of Section 123 of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959, IFI is aware,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (21 Nov 2017)

Seán Kyne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 74 together. Ireland’s Eel Management Plan (EMP) under EU Regulation 1100/2007, which included a closure of commercial fishing, was approved by the European Commission in 2009. Ireland's EMP and its conservation measures were reviewed in 2012 and in 2015, in accordance with the EU Regulation. Both reviews involved an examination of the latest...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (21 Nov 2017)

Seán Kyne: The Paris Agreement, which entered into force in November 2016, aims to limit global average temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, with an ambition of 1.5 degrees Celsius. The Agreement is designed to meet this objective through Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) submitted by all parties to the agreement. In this regard, the European Union...