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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: I thank Dr. Beamish for his presentation. My concerns are along the same lines as those of Senator Mac Lochlainn. Dr. Beamish stated it was unclear why some stocks were included while others were not and outlined some of the Department's concerns. Did he outline all of his concerns? The presentation states that the Department has queried the inclusion of recreational fishing within the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Was the Irish fishing fleet banned from the commercial fishing of sea-bass?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Was the ban subsequently extended to the rest of the fishing fleets?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Has such fishing been reopened?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Is sea-bass fishing closed for Irish boats but not for everybody else?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Was it closed during that period?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: What does Dr. Beamish mean by the term "our area"?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Is that all of our area?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Does Dr. Beamish view any of that large area as European waters or is it just our waters?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: I have heard Dr. Beamish talk about European waters and I wondered what he meant.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Are they European waters?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: All right.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Have measures been set?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: I asked a question on compliance among member states and the reporting in the procedure. How is that working? Dr. Beamish stated Ireland was responsible for the policing of the catch in Irish waters. How is this procedure working in terms of compliance among other member states? I have in mind the example of the Spanish fleet, which will not land catches from Irish waters in this country....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Given that we know how Irish vessels are policed, I ask Dr. Beamish to take the example of member states other than Ireland, specifically Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Is Dr. Beamish satisfied that the system is working adequately for all the other member states?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Is it not working adequately?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: In that case, perhaps we should discuss the areas in which the Irish fleet fishes, how our fleet is policed, how the rest of the European fleet is policed and whether the system of policing is working adequately.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: The Department must have a view on whether the system is working.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)
Thomas Pringle: As the organisation responsible for negotiating fishing rights, quotas, stock, etc., I presume the Department must be able to stand over the accuracy of the figures it receives. It must have some role in the matter.