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Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2010)

P J Sheehan: Beating around the bush.

Irish Prison Service. (27 Apr 2010)

P J Sheehan: Another false promise.

Irish Prison Service. (27 Apr 2010)

P J Sheehan: Where is the zero tolerance now?

Coastal Protection. (27 Apr 2010)

P J Sheehan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise the important issue of a restriction on the amount of sea lettuce that can be removed from the beaches at Inchydoney and Courtmacsherry and the coastline of Clonakilty Bay and Courtmacsherry Bay in south west Cork, which have been blighted by huge swathes of rotting and noxious smelling green tide with its foul odour being detectable up to...

Coastal Protection. (27 Apr 2010)

P J Sheehan: I hope the Minister of State will not let the report gather dust in his office.

Coastal Protection. (27 Apr 2010)

P J Sheehan: Actions speak louder than words.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Apr 2010)

P J Sheehan: Question 359: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an application under the installation aid scheme from a person (details supplied) in County Cork was received; when the application will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16464/10]

Order of Business (28 Apr 2010)

P J Sheehan: It is a Green joke.

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (29 Apr 2010)

P J Sheehan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has any proposals to create marine protected areas in the seas around the Irish coast; if he plans to introduce legislation to create MPAs; the agreements conventions or discussions that he has entered into to create MPAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17002/10]

Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (11 May 2010)

P J Sheehan: They will die of old age.

Leaders' Questions. (12 May 2010)

P J Sheehan: Rightly so.

Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2010)

P J Sheehan: The Deputy should not be criminalising his skippers.

Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2010)

P J Sheehan: Is that conservation?

Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2010)

P J Sheehan: Well done.

Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2010)

P J Sheehan: I congratulate my constituency colleague, Deputy Jim O'Keeffe, and Deputy Michael Creed for introducing this necessary reform to the House.

Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2010)

P J Sheehan: In so doing, I condemn the Government for not introducing such reforms before now. I have raised this issue at every available opportunity since my election to the Dáil in 1981 and I have outlined the problems relating to the fishing industry during that period. I am disappointed at the response of the new Minister in his contribution to the debate. Up to now, I have heard the Attorney...

Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2010)

P J Sheehan: The legislation could be amended on Committee Stage. Regardless, as sure as God made little green apples, we will introduce this legislation from the other side of the House in a short time to come.

Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2010)

P J Sheehan: If the Minister holds such strong views on this issue why does he not accept the Bill on Second Stage and come forward with amendments on Committee Stage, at which point he would still have a majority? I hear complaints on a daily basis about the over-vigorous enforcement of regulations by officers of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, which has more than twice as many fisheries...

Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2010)

P J Sheehan: It is a pity the Minister did not apply these rules to the banks. Had he done so, some of them would not be hiding from Charlie Bird behind a couch in Boston. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority has two arms but its right hand acts differently from its left hand in dealing with food safety and fishermen. In an appearance before the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the...

Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2010)

P J Sheehan: I call on the Government to accept Deputy Jim O'Keeffe's Bill. The time is ripe to protect the fishing industry. The Minister must act before it is too late.