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Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 12, line 9, to delete "2009" and substitute "2010". These are technical amendments resulting from further work undertaken by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and address technical drafting matters. They do not represent a change in policy in the sections affected.

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 3: In page 13, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: "(4) (a) An order made under subsection (3) shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after it is made. (b) Either House of the Oireachtas may, within 21 sitting days after the day on which an order was laid before it in accordance with paragraph (a), pass a resolution...

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 15, line 2, after "agencies" to insert the following: "and such sectoral interests as IFI considers relevant". The amendment I propose follows on from the Committee Stage discussion of this section. As I indicated on Committee Stage, there is a practical difficulty with the amendment proposed by Deputy Coveney in that the term "sectoral interests" is...

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 15, to delete lines 6 to 8 and substitute the following: "(4) (a) IFI shall establish and manage a forum ("national inland fisheries forum") to facilitate stakeholder input into policy formulation. This forum shall consist of broad representation across such stakeholders of the inland fisheries sector as IFI considers relevant. (b) The terms of reference,...

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The real power of the committee is in the ability to appoint and recommend for appointment members of the board. We then have to let it get on with its work. It would not be wise to bring it in on a legislative basis to consult on this type of work, which the board then has to do. The committee can make its views known and make a submission; it has done so on numerous issues on which it...

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to speak on amendments Nos. 9 and 10. The subsection in question concerns the functions of IFI to carry out research or experimental work considered necessary for the performance of its functions. As indicated on Committee Stage, most of the work undertaken by central fisheries boards on initiatives under the European Union water frameworks directive, the habitats directive and...

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: We shall go back to the Clerk.

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 10: In page 15, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: "(c) IFI shall, unless it considers that it is not in the public interest to do so, make the results of any research carried out in accordance with subsection 7(a) available, within 6 months after it has been fully completed.".

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I will speak on amendments Nos. 11 to 13, inclusive. While the legislation provides that IFI must report and manage its business on the basis of the river basin districts, one must be cognisant that policy in this area is ever evolving. As a consequence, there may be a time when it is not appropriate for the new body to manage its operations precisely on this basis. Based on discussions...

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 12: In page 17, line 12, after "IFI" to insert ", the Joint Oireachtas Committee".

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 13: In page 17, line 16, to delete "shall" and substitute "does".

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: From the very outset of our consideration of this legislation, I had a real sense that we did not want boards that would rule anyone in or out. One of the difficulties we had with the outgoing boards concerned the representative nature of some of them. While the individuals thereon did very useful and honourable public service in all the cases of which I am aware, the boards' interests were...

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The paragraph under discussion obliges the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to provide the joint Oireachtas committee with a statement indicating the relevant experience and expertise of persons appointed to the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland on the nomination of the Minister himself, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Minister...

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 17: In page 18, line 32, after "Minister" to insert the following: ", after consultation with the Joint Oireachtas Committee,".

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 18: In page 19, line 16, after "fisheries" to insert "(including river and sea angling)". These amendments concern the list of areas in which potential appointees to the board of Inland Fisheries Ireland must have had experience or shown capacity. Having taken on board the arguments put forward by Deputy Coveney on Committee Stage, I am pleased to include river and sea...

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: This is a standard provision which applies in the case of a majority of appointees to State boards. Appointees to State organisations must be upstanding in all matters, including financial matters. If an individual is financially compromised, he or she could be open to undue influence. This provision is, therefore, designed to protect the integrity of the board. Following the concerns...

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I agree.

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I understand that a person who is working to reorganise the terms of his mortgage or other debt with the lender would not be caught by this provision. I understand also that this was debated in the context of the appointment of the board in the NAMA legislation, so it has been discussed elsewhere. While I agree there is an issue, we do not have the facility or ability to amend the 1988 Act...

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 22: In page 24, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: "(2) Where the Minister removes all the members of IFI from office in accordance with subsection (1), he or she shall, as soon as practicable, provide to the Joint Oireachtas Committee an appropriate statement indicating the circumstances of the removal of the members.". I will deal with amendments Nos. 21...

Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 24: In page 33, line 13, to delete "2009" and substitute "2010".