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- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: Give the man a little bit of music. He needs his afternoon nap.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: Did Deputy McDonald spend an extra amount of time in the United States and she just not have time to visit anywhere in Ireland to see what is happening on the ground? Did she go and look?
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: I invite Deputy McDonald to visit housing estates in Fingal and have a look at the building that is under way.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: Some of the Independent Members who sit behind Deputy McDonald were so taken with them that they decided to occupy them. There you are.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, which is the independent regulator responsible for the enforcement of the State's sea-fishery regulations, has been aware, as the Deputy noted, of the European Union-registered Lithuanian-flagged fishing vessel, the Margiris, since it has entered into Irish waters. In keeping with standard practice for all vessels, it is being monitored continuously by...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: These issues obviously are extremely important to the fishing community around the coast and, as I stated, the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority is the independent regulator responsible for the enforcement of the State's sea-fisheries regulation. I told the Deputy that the vessel to which he referred, and any other vessels involved, are being monitored continuously by the Naval Service. In...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: -----under the co-decision process of the European Parliament and the EU Council.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: Consequently, member states affected and stakeholders-----
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: -----can bring in non-discriminatory measures for the conservation and management of fish stocks within the 12-mile zone, subject to compliance with policy.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: However, access to this is set down in the regulation and it cannot be changed by an individual member state.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: What I will do is I will raise the Deputy's concerns - I acknowledge he has raised them already - with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: As the Deputy is aware, detailed talks are due to take place next month-----
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: -----and the Minister will raise these issues with the EU Commission, because in terms of regulation and in terms of authority, these matters must be agreed.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: I would like to be able to tell the Deputy that EU Commission rules literally have no effect in Ireland-----
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: -----and that we can ignore them but in fact, we must go back to the Commission.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: The Government must talk to it about how best to protect local fishermen, as the Deputy suggests-----
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: -----as opposed to the supertrawlers to which he referred.
- Order of Business (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: It is proposed to take No. 13a, motion re leave to introduce Supplementary Estimates [Votes 6, 7, 12, 17, 20, 21, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35 and 40]; No. 13b, motion re referral of Supplementary Estimates [Votes 6, 7, 12, 17, 20, 21, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 35 and 40] to select committee or sub-committee; No. 13c, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of...
- Order of Business (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: The Supplementary Estimates were published in detail on budget day.
- Order of Business (19 Nov 2015)
Joan Burton: We have had a very detailed debate on the budget. The additional funding which, as the Deputy correctly said, amounts to over €1.6 billion in gross voted expenditure in 2015 has allowed the Government to target additional expenditure at areas experiencing increased demand and demographic pressures, particularly the education system, An Garda Síochána and a number of other...