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Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: Some but not all of the areas of marine life I refer to would be captured under the Sea-Fisheries Acts. This does not simply relate to fisheries. I recognise that section 14 of the Bill has scope to address some of these matters relating to protection and preservation of the marine environment but we do not have enough detail of how that would be done. This is all in the context of the...

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 9: In page 11, line 18, to delete "and" and substitute "or".

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 10: In page 11, line 18, after "the" where it secondly occurs to insert "living or".

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 11: In page 12, line 16, after "of" to insert "restoration, protection or conservation of marine biodiversity or for". Again, this relates to the rights and jurisdiction of a state in a designated area. There are two intersecting pieces, including the rights and jurisdiction of the State in a designated area. That is jurisdiction in the very widest sense.That...

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I understand the constraint on the Minister of State in respect of the convention. That is why wherever there is an interpretative approach, I am happy to look at that. I would like it if the Minister of State could indicate what the Department's timeline is for the review of this legislation so that it would mirror, for example, the marine protected areas or the convention on biodiversity....

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: No. I will press the amendment.

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 12: In page 12, line 16, after “of” to insert “the restoration, protection or conservation of the geology of the continental shelf or for”.

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 13: In page 12, line 30, after “State” to insert “or other operator”. This is on submarine pipelines. It states that we should have jurisdiction if another state is laying a pipeline but that we should also have jurisdiction if another body that is not a state is laying a pipeline. That is extremely appropriate in the context. The...

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: That clarifies the issue for me so I will happily withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 14: In page 12, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: “Rights and jurisdiction of State in respect of the Continental shelf 19.Notwithstanding, section 18, in respect of the Continental Shelf, the State has— (a) sovereign rights— (i) for the purpose of the exploration, exploitation, restoration, protection, conservation and...

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It would be appropriate and useful to others who may be taking these issues up in the Dáil to clarify where the responsibility for these issues on the continental shelf lie. There is a clear need that there would be jurisdictional or regulatory vindication of this. It is not just the case that we have rights. We also have responsibilities to vindicate international laws and practices....

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: No. I will press the amendment.

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 15: In page 13, line 8, to delete “and” and substitute “or”.

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 16: In page 13, line 8, after “the” where it secondly occurs to insert “living or”.

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 17: In page 13, line 19, to delete “and” and substitute “or”.

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 18: In page 13, line 19, after “the” where it secondly occurs to insert “living or”.

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 19: In page 14, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “Protection, conservation and restoration of the territorial seas 21.The Wildlife Act 1976 is amended in section 15(1)(c) by the substitution of “State and that territorial sea above it.” for “State.”. The Minister of State will be glad to hear this is an amendment...

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: It is land covered by water but does it include the water itself? This goes back to my point about life on water.

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 20: In page 16, lines 2 to 5, to delete all words from and including “2021;” in line 2 down to and including line 5 and substitute “2021.”. Amendment No. 19 could potentially have been accepted. It might be useful, as this Bill goes to the Dáil, to clarify that the waters are incorporated in that sense because that issue must be...

Seanad: Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 Jun 2021)

Alice-Mary Higgins: No, I will press it.