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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Garda Vetting of Personnel (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Kyne: The Tánaiste would like me to emphasise that the purpose of the Garda employment vetting service is to seek to ensure the safety of children and vulnerable adults. Accordingly, the vetting process demands rigorous procedures to safeguard its integrity and to maintain the highest level of confidence by the public and organisations availing of the service. Any vetting process will take a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Inland Fisheries (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Kyne: I thank Senator Gallagher for tabling this Commencement Matter. He raised it previously in the Seanad but unfortunately I was not in a position to attend that day and I apologise. I am taking this matter on my own behalf, for a change. The value of angling in Ireland is already well recognised, and a number of developments have been recently progressed in this regard. The most...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Inland Fisheries (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Senator for raising the issue. Action has been taken and there has been lobbying by anglers and politicians. I acknowledge the reversal of the board's decision during the summer. Plans are being developed and I cannot say whether the Department will invest in projects until they come before me for approval. The board of IFI has to make decisions regarding what it wants to do...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Estimates Process (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Kyne: I refer the Deputy to my replies to recent Parliamentary Questions in regard to the 2017 Estimate provisions. As set out in these replies, an additional allocation of €2.25m in total was provided in Budget 2017 for the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and Islands Programme. With regard to Údarás na Gaeltachta, an additional €1m in once-off capital funding had been secured...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cúrsaí Gaeilge (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Kyne: Mar a chuir mé in iúl i mo fhreagra ar cheist Dála 331 ar 11 Deireadh Fómhair 2016, bhí cruinniú agam féin agus ag an Aire Humphreys le Conradh na Gaeilge ag tús na míosa agus tá mé ag súil le cruinniú eile a shocrú leo go luath. Caithfidh mé a threisiú go bhfuil beagnach €60m curtha ar fáil sna...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fisheries Protection (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Kyne: Ireland's Eel Management Plan (EMP) under EU Regulation 1100/2007, which included a closure of commercial fishing for an initial three year period, was approved by the European Commission in 2009. Ireland's EMP and its conservation measures were reviewed in 2012 and again in 2015  in accordance with the EU Regulation. Both reviews involved an examination of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Seirbhísí Farantóireachta (27 Oct 2016)

Seán Kyne: Ar dtús báire, ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an Teachta as ucht an t-ábhar tábhachtach seo a ardú liom. Caithfidh mé a rá go bhfuil a fhios agam cé chomh tábhachtach is atá an tseirbhís seo d'Árainn. Tá a fhios agam go bhfuil Island Ferries faoi láthair ag cur seirbhíse maith ann, go bhfuil...

Topical Issue Debate: Seirbhísí Farantóireachta (27 Oct 2016)

Seán Kyne: Tá an ceart ag an Teachta go bhfuil a lán staire i gceist. Bhí a lán stair sa bhfeagra uaimse agus ó mo Roinn toisc go bhfuil an-stair ann. Tá sé sórt casta mar gheall nár chuir aon chomhlacht tairiscint isteach do chonradh ar aon cheann den trí huaire a raibh mo Roinn ag iarraidh conradh a chur le chéile chun an tseirbhís...

Prohibition of the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Oct 2016)

Seán Kyne: I support the thrust and intention of Deputy McLoughlin's Prohibition of the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016 as it provides an opportunity for debate on the issue of unconventional gas exploration and extraction, UGEE, in Ireland, more commonly referred to as fracking. I commend Deputy McLoughlin on his production of this Bill. Over recent months since I became...

Prohibition of the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Oct 2016)

Seán Kyne: I thank all the Deputies for their contributions. Listening to some Deputies one might believe that anyone who has ever stood up in this House advocated or spoke for fracking, which I do not believe is the case - certainly not in my time here. Deputy McLoughlin produced the Bill and similar Bills were previously produced by a number of other Members of parties and Independents, including...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cúrsaí Gaeilge (27 Oct 2016)

Seán Kyne: Tá cuid de na bailte fearainn sa Thoghroinn Cheantair atá luaite ag an Teachta laistigh den Ghaeltacht. Sa chás sin, is féidir go mbeadh cúnamh nó comhairle ar fáil ó Údarás na Gaeltachta, a bhfuil scéim ar leith acu chun tacú le heagraíochtaí agus le coistí i ndáil le ranganna Gaeilge a eagrú sa Ghaeltacht....

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: An Teanga Gaeilge (2 Nov 2016)

Seán Kyne: Ar 28 Meitheamh 2016, cheadaigh mé deontas de €70,000 in aghaidh na bliana thar thréimhse trí bliana do RTÉ chun tacú leis an eagraíocht réimse gníomhartha digiteacha ina Plean Gníomhaíochta Gaeilge a chur i bhfeidhm. Cuirfidh na gníomhartha atá beartaithe sa phlean go mór le seirbhísí RTÉ ar-líne,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Recreational Angling Sector (2 Nov 2016)

Seán Kyne: When the Land Commission was dissolved under the Irish Land Commission (Dissolution) Act 1992 all remaining fishing rights and fisheries reserved to the Land Commission were transferred to the Central Fisheries Board. In 2010 the Central Fisheries Board and eight regional fisheries boards were amalgamated to form Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). I have been informed by IFI that in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Salmon Hardship Scheme (2 Nov 2016)

Seán Kyne: The Salmon Hardship Scheme was introduced following a Government decision in 2006 to permanently cease, for conservation reasons, the commercial salmon mixed stock fishery.  Under the scheme, hardship payments were paid to fishermen active in the commercial salmon fishery who availed of the opportunity to cease fishing. They also undertook not to seek a licence in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fisheries Protection (3 Nov 2016)

Seán Kyne: The Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations, made pursuant to Sections 69 of the Inland Fisheries Act 2010, provide for the management of Ireland's wild salmon and sea trout fishery by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). Specifically, the Regulations provide for the quotas of fish that can be harvested by commercial fishing engines and rod and line from those rivers identified...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga (8 Nov 2016)

Seán Kyne: Beidh a fhios ag an Teachta go bhfuil suim beagnach €781,242 ceadaithe ag mo Roinn don togra seo le haghaidh 2016/2017. Níl aon ghearradh siar déanta ar an maoiniú ó 2015/2016. Ina dhiaidh sin, tá sé suas do na heagraíochtaí atá ag feidhmiú na scéime ar an talamh an maoiniú atá ar fáil a roinnt, ag brath ar an...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Estimates Process (8 Nov 2016)

Seán Kyne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 285, 287 and 288 together. As I indicated in my response to Question No. 377 on 25 October 2016, the budget for Foras na Gaeilge is subject to approval by the North South Ministerial Council, given its status as an agency of An Foras Teanga, which is a North South Implementation Body co-funded by my Department and the Department for Communities in Northern...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fishing Industry (8 Nov 2016)

Seán Kyne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 457 to 459, inclusive, together. I understand that the weirs referred to by the Deputy are in the Waterford Estuary and are essentially “fishing engines” within the meaning of the Fisheries Acts. Waterford Estuary has been closed as a salmon fishery since 2006, as the requirement, that each individual stock originating in the three...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Angling Season (8 Nov 2016)

Seán Kyne: I have been informed by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) that the fishery management rule currently in place for Lough Sheelin prohibits fishing for any species by rod and line from 13 October to the end of February. This rule does not represent any change in practice. It has been in place for twenty years and has been promoted through angling guidance leaflets and signage...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences Data (8 Nov 2016)

Seán Kyne: Three onshore licensing options were granted for the two year period from 1 March 2011 to 28 February 2013, over parts of the North West Carboniferous (Lough Allen) Basin and parts of County Clare to: i. Tamboran Resources PTY Ltd over 986 km2in the Northwest Carboniferous Basin; ii. Lough Allen Natural Gas Company Ltd over 467 km2in the Northwest Carboniferous Basin; and iii. Enegi Oil Plc...