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Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (24 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: The overriding objective of the Government is to preserve the salmon resource in its own right and for the coastal and rural communities that it helps to support. The economic goals for a sustainable commercial salmon fishery, based on quality and value rather than volume and the development of salmon angling as an important tourism product, are both fully compatible with the Government's...

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (24 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: As previously confirmed to the House, I have recently received the report of the first stage of the high level review of the inland fisheries sector in Ireland from the consultants and I am considering its findings. It is my intention to bring this report to Government in the near future and to have it published as soon as possible thereafter. Until such time as the report is presented to...

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (24 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: While water quality is primarily a matter for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, my interest is centred on the impact that this might have on inland fisheries stocks. The Central Fisheries Board and the regional fisheries boards are responsible for the conservation, protection, management and development of inland fisheries. The fisheries boards have not drawn my...

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (24 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: I am advised that the lead role in co-ordinating and introducing measures to deal with the threat posed by this particular species is being taken by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. As part of this approach, I understand that at the request of this Department, the Marine Institute has been carrying out a monitoring survey on the distribution of zebra mussels...

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (24 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: I am aware, through the Western Regional Fisheries Board, that coniferous forests are widespread in the western fisheries region, some of which straddle the upland section of salmonid fisheries. I am also aware of the concerns held by local stakeholders about the impact of forestation on fisheries. The Western Regional Fisheries Board seeks to minimise the impact of forestry on inland...

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (24 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: I am advised by the Western Regional Fisheries Board of its ongoing concerns about Lough Carra. This lake is a proposed special area of conservation because of the natural plant communities it contains. Lough Carra is currently the subject of a detailed EU funded scientific study. I am informed that in recent years the poor mayfly hatch coupled with the occurrence of shoreline filamentous...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (24 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Portsalon Pier is owned by Donegal County Council and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with the local authority in the first instance. In July 2004 Donegal County Council submitted a proposal to the Department for the complete reconstruction of the dogleg section of the pier at an estimated cost of €550,000, which includes construction, consultancy and administrative...

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (24 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: I propose to take Questions Nos. 221 and 222 together. On 22 March 2005, the Department received a press query by electronic mail regarding the use of land in the ownership of Dublin Port Company in connection with a proposal for the national conference centre. On 23 March, the Department requested Dublin Port Company to provide it with relevant information in regard to the proposal. On 1...

Written Answers — Illegal Dumping: Illegal Dumping (24 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: A foreshore lease was granted to the company in question in February 2002 in connection with proposed quay wall renovation works and associated berth dredging works. The area covered by this foreshore lease included an area in which the company had deposited material without prior foreshore authorisation and in respect of which complaints had been made to the Department. The foreshore lease...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (26 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Portronan pier is owned by Donegal County Council and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with the local authority in the first instance. In 1999 and 2000, the Department provided funding of €133,212.03 to Donegal County Council for repairs to Portronan pier. The repairs included the replacement of existing steps at the head of the pier and the works were carried out by...

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (26 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: While examining a foreshore lease application for occupation of an area of foreshore at Ballyboe, Rathmullan, County Donegal, for the purpose of constructing a car park, a wastewater treatment system and a seawall with rock armour, the Department's engineering division expressed some concerns about the effluent treatment aspect of the proposal and requested additional information on this...

Written Answers — Coastal Protection: Coastal Protection (26 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: The need for high standards of environmental protection is a central consideration for the Department when addressing any application for authorisation under the Foreshore Acts for proposed development. Matters relating to the designation of areas pursuant to the EU birds directive are the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (26 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: No foreshore licences have issued recently for developments in the Waterville area. However, an application from Kerry County Council for an outfall pipe to facilitate a proposed sewerage scheme for the town is under consideration within the Department. All reports of unauthorised development are investigated by the Department and appropriate action, including legal proceedings where...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (31 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Rathlacken Pier is owned by Mayo County Council and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with the local authority in the first instance. A report entitled An Assessment of Piers, Harbours and Landing Places in County Mayo was published last year by Mayo County Council. The Department provided funding towards the cost of this report. Rathlacken Pier is identified as category 3,...

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (31 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: My Department recently received a request for funding from Louth County Council regarding the matter raised by the Deputy. However, my Department has no function regarding road-funding of any type. The provision of non-national roads in County Louth is a matter for Louth County Council, to be funded from its own resources and supplemented by grants provided by the Department of the...

Written Answers — Marine Accidents: Marine Accidents (31 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: A total of 68 applications was received and considered by the Department under the lost at sea scheme. The names of the vessels that were the subject of these applications are given in the table following. It is not considered appropriate to publish the names and addresses of the applicants, on the basis that this information is personal. The names of the six vessels in respect of which...

Written Answers — Marine Accidents: Marine Accidents (31 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: The Department does not have the statistics on Irish fishing vessels lost at sea readily available in the format requested by the Deputy. The Deputy requires this information dating back to 1980. The Department is compiling the available information and will forward it directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (31 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: In May 2003, the high level review of the State commercial ports operating under the Harbours Acts, 1996 to 2000, was published. This was the first review undertaken since enactment of the Harbours Act, 1996. This legislation removed Ireland's key ports from direct departmental control and gave them the commercial freedom to operate as modern customer-service oriented service industries. The...

Written Answers — Fishing Vessel Licences: Fishing Vessel Licences (31 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: I propose to take Questions Nos. 244 and 245 together. Under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003, the functions of sea-fishing boat licensing and registration were transferred from the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to the licensing authority for sea-fishing boats, which operates on an independent basis, subject to criteria set out in that Act. All applications for...

Written Answers — Fishing Vessel Licences: Fishing Vessel Licences (31 May 2005)

Pat Gallagher: The two cases to which the correspondence to which the Deputy referred are entirely different in nature, the consideration of which involved totally different criteria and circumstances in the context of sea-fishing boat licensing. The individual to whom the Deputy specifically refers applied for a licence in respect of a vessel under a special whitefish scheme in 1991. All applications...