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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: We will have a chance to come back to that issue and to look at the detail. What was the Government's response to that particular argument?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: I will return to that. We have to give ten minutes to each Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Do any other witnesses want to respond to the points made by Deputy Collins?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Can we try to speak through the Chair, if we can? We have the benefit of the knowledge and advice of Deputy Collins on a regular basis in the committee. It might be a better use of Ms Parke's time to answer his points. We will not have a chance to hear her input on this issue for a while.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: I will let Mr. Casey come in in a short while. There are many questions. He can bring his response into his next engagement.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: I will give Ms Parker an opportunity to reply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: The ten minute slot Deputy Healy Rae had is expired but we can back to this matter on a later day. I call Teachta Murphy O'Mahony.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Do the witnesses want to offer responses or make points?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Would Ms Parke like to retort?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: I will open it first to Ms Parke on this occasion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: I will let Ms Parke continue. Mr. Murphy will be allowed back in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: All the elected representatives in the two concerned regions were invited.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Two questions have come from the discussion so far. One is what the correct figures are. There is a clear difference of opinion on that. Rather than use the rest of the meeting for that, we as a committee will request the actual figures from the Department in an effort to get a better understanding. We could go back and forth on that issue until kingdom come and not make progress. We...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: One of the problems we have seen so far is that where resources are limited, there is division and competition over those resources. As I see it, both of the regions we are talking about are already suffering significantly for various other economic reasons, including a lack of infrastructure and so forth, so the opportunities for people are fewer than in other areas, such as the east coast...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: What about the other-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Will someone speak to that and the other fish stock around the island as well?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: That is actually my next question. What percentage of the stocks off the Irish coast are being fished by other nations? Is that information available?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Does Ms Parke wish to comment now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Apr 2017)
Peadar Tóibín: Very good. Members have a number of other questions.