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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (28 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is the state agency responsible for the protection, management and conservation of Ireland's inland fisheries and sea angling resources.  IFI manages salmon stocks on an individual river basis as each of Ireland’s 147 salmon rivers (including river sections and estuaries) has its own genetically unique stock of salmon. IFI is supported in its...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Deputies for their concern. It is recognised that there is cross-party support for the provision of school facilities within this area straddling two constituencies. While I cannot, obviously, arrange a meeting on his behalf, I will certainly put the request to the Minister to meet parents' representatives on demographic pressures and their concerns about school provision. I am...

Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: I am taking this on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Bruton, who is at a rescheduled Cabinet meeting. He would have liked to have been here and had anticipated that he would but unfortunately he is not because he is at the Cabinet meeting. I thank the Deputies for raising this matter. It gives me the opportunity to set out the process by which the Department of Education and Skills...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Stocks (27 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: IFI manages salmon stocks on an individual river basis as each of Ireland’s 147 salmon rivers (including river sections and estuaries) has its own genetically unique stock of salmon. IFI is supported in its management role by the independent Standing Scientific Committee (SSC), comprising scientists from a range of organisations.  Scientific and management assessments of each...

Telecommunications Services (Ducting and Cables) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: -----and Irish Water. We will revert to the Deputies or give the answers on Committee Stage as it is a valid point and critical infrastructure should be retained by the State. As I indicated, this relates to a particular cable and it will allow the MSC to progress. We must acknowledge the importance of allowing the MSC to progress and I ask that Deputies support the passage of the Bill.

Telecommunications Services (Ducting and Cables) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: Yes. It will be managed on behalf of the State. The State will own it and the entity would obviously have a cost in terms of management. It will be part of the agreement and the tender will be put out in due course once the Bill is passed. The terms and conditions of the tender will determine the matter.

Telecommunications Services (Ducting and Cables) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (21 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1).

Telecommunications Services (Ducting and Cables) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: I thank Deputies for their contributions, particularly their constructive input to the debate. It is clear those who spoke see the importance and relevance of dark fibre and ultra-high speed broadband to rural Ireland and in particular to the Galway and Mayo region. As they pointed out, it relates to all areas in Ireland. The support of Members of this House, as was mirrored in the Seanad,...

Telecommunications Services (Ducting and Cables) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: I move:"That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Galway-Mayo ducting and cables telecommunications network is a vital piece of State infrastructure located in an area of strategic importance for transatlantic traffic and with the potential to provide significantly improved broadband services in an area of the country underserved by broadband. It is built and is already in use to a...

Citizens' Assembly: Motion (21 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: We are not laughing at Deputy McGrath.

Citizens' Assembly: Motion (21 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: Bím ag éisteacht i gconaí.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (21 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: The aim of programme D is to manage Ireland’s mineral, hydrocarbon and other geological resources in a sustainable and productive manner. Funding under this programme allows my Department to provide reliable geoscience support for environmental protection and the sustainable development of Ireland’s natural resources, and to address the environmental, health and safety...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (21 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: I thank Deputy Lowry. He is right. I attended what was effectively a public meeting in Silvermines recently with the Deputy and his colleagues in Tipperary, which I think was very useful. There was ill-feeling about the issues and historical legacies of Silvermines. It shows the importance of other new mines that are being developed and the remediation fund which unfortunately was not...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (21 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: Programme E provides grant funding to Inland Fisheries Ireland, which is responsible for the conservation, management and regulation of Ireland’s inland fishery resource. In 2018, Inland Fisheries Ireland will continue to deliver its licensing, permitting and enforcement responsibilities, along with the rehabilitation of our rivers and streams. The delivery of a wide-ranging set of...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (21 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: Mr. Denis Maher is the principal officer in charge of inland fisheries and he will liaise with the Deputy about that issue.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (20 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: In August 2014, Inland Fisheries Ireland (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 alia representatives from the main trout and pike angling federations. A review of these policies was scheduled to commence in 2017. However, recognising the views of stakeholders in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Stocks (8 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: Ireland manages salmon stocks on an individual river basis. This management is carried out by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), the State Agency with statutory responsibility for inland fisheries. The management policy is based on the fact that each of Ireland’s 147 salmon rivers, river sections, estuaries, etc., has its own genetically unique stock of salmon, which migrates to sea...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Exploration Licences (8 Mar 2018)

Seán Kyne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 457 and 458 together. The criteria that are taken into account in considering an application for a petroleum authorisation are set out in Article 3 of the Licensing Terms for Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Development and Production 2007, which is available on my Department’s website www.dccae.gov.ie. These criteria include, inter alia, the work...

Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)

Seán Kyne: The Deputy means the Taoiseach.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Multidenominational Schools (22 Feb 2018)

Seán Kyne: I thank Senator Ó Ríordáin for raising this issue as a Commencement matter. Unfortunately, the Minister, Deputy Bruton, is not available today. I am informed by his office that he was available on Tuesday and Wednesday and that he has debated this matter in this House and in the Dáil this week. I disagree fundamentally with the Senator's views on the Minister, Deputy...