Results 921-940 of 2,304 for speaker:John Browne
- Postal Services: Motion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2006)
John Browne: I can tell the Deputy that post offices are not closing in Wexford.
- Postal Services: Motion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2006)
John Browne: He came back to me afterwards.
- Postal Services: Motion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2006)
John Browne: Of course it is. No post office was closed in my time.
- Written Answers — Fishing Vessel Licences: Fishing Vessel Licences (6 Dec 2006)
John Browne: All matters relating to the Licensing of individual Sea Fishing vessels are a matter for the independent Sea Fishing Boat Licensing Authority established under the Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003. However, I have been informed by the Authority that their records show that the individuals concerned applied to have their vessel registered in May 2000 and a Certificate of Registry issued to...
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (6 Dec 2006)
John Browne: The harbour at Greencastle is owned by Donegal County Council and responsibility for its maintenance and development rests with the local authority in the first instance. In 2006 the Department allocated funding of â¬2.4 million towards the commencement of the first phase of a development project for Greencastle Harbour under the Fishery Harbours Development Programme. Under that Programme...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (7 Dec 2006)
John Browne: Following routine autumn testing carried out on wild oysters by the Marine Institute in Lough Swilly during the period 25 â 27 October 2006, suspicions of the presence of Bonamia ostreae were raised when thirteen out of seventy five oysters were identified as suspect positive. The Marine Institute informed the Department on 7th November that they had forwarded these suspect samples to the...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (12 Dec 2006)
John Browne: International best practice for the management of North Atlantic Salmon requires the adoption of the precautionary approach and the cessation of indiscriminate mixed stock fisheries. These are the recommendations of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation and the International Council for the Exploitation of the Sea. Moreover, if we do not end mixed stock fishing in 2007, the EU...
- Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (12 Dec 2006)
John Browne: The scheme recommended by the Independent Group in their report is aimed at alleviating hardship which is related to loss of income derived from salmon harvesting in recent years caused, in turn, by the cessation of mixed stock fishing in the interest of conservation. It is not a compensation scheme. The cessation of mixed stock fishing for wild salmon could not be said to cause hardship to...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (12 Dec 2006)
John Browne: The proposed Total Allowable Catches (TACS) and Quotas regulation was published by the EU Commission on the 5th of December, 2006. The scientific advice for the stocks covered by this regulation was made available by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) on the 20th October, 2006. The Commission's Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF)...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Regulations: Fisheries Regulations (14 Dec 2006)
John Browne: The draft Total Allowable Catches (TACs) and Quotas Regulation for 2007 was published by the EU Commission on the 5th December 2006, and will be decided on at the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers next week from the 19th to 21st December 2006. I met with our industry representatives on Tuesday in order to discuss the proposed EU Regulation and to identify our priorities for the...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Regulations: Fisheries Regulations (14 Dec 2006)
John Browne: I recently published the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations and made them available for public consultation up until 17 December 2006. The regulation provides for the revised quotas for the taking of salmon (including sea trout over 40 centimetres) by commercial fishing engines and the introduction of a quota for anglers. The quotas are to be allocated on a...
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (14 Dec 2006)
John Browne: Porturlin Pier is owned by Mayo County Council and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with the local authority in the first instance. In 2002 Mayo County Council engaged consultants to carry out a Feasibility Study and Preliminary Report for harbour improvements at Porturlin Pier. In order to proceed with the project the County Council sought funding of â¬200,000 from the...
- Written Answers — Fishing Fleet Modernisation: Fishing Fleet Modernisation (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: The function of the Licensing Authority for sea-fishing boats was transferred under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003 to the Registrar General of Fishing Boats. The Act provides that the Licensing Authority is independent in the exercise of its functions under the Act, subject to the law for the time being in force and policy directives in relation to sea-fishing boat licensing. The...
- Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: Under the Fisheries Acts primary responsibility for the allocation and recording of fishing licences is an operational matter for the relevant Regional Fisheries Boards.
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: The draft specific conditions to be included in the Foreshore Licence to be issued for Cheekpoint Sewerage Scheme have not yet been agreed by Waterford County Council. Agreement of the specific conditions is a prerequisite to the issue of any Foreshore Licence. There has been an exchange of correspondence between the Council and the Department in the matter since the middle of October 2006....
- Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: I am advised that originally, an indicative budget of â¬21.4million of Exchequer funding was identified for the Tourism and Recreational Angling Measure (TRAM) for the Border, Midland and Western Regional Operational Programme of the National Development Plan (2000-2006). The launch of the measure was delayed pending State aids clearance from the EU Commission, which was received in March...
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: Doonbeg Pier is owned by Clare County Council and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with the local authority in the first instance. In 2005 the Department, on behalf of the County Council, undertook a study to examine and report on hydrodynamic conditions at Doonbeg Pier and the effect of various pier and breakwater development options and to outline the estimated costs...
- Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: The situation currently in relation to Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle is that they are both formally designated as Restricted Areas for the movement of molluscan shellfish following the confirmation of the presence of Bonamia ostreae in both Loughs. All requests for movement licences for molluscan shellfish considered susceptible to Bonamia ostreae for re-immersion outside the Loughs in...
- Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: The Department received notification from its scientific advisors, the Marine Institute, on October 27 th 2006, of a possible positive test for Bonamia ostreae in Lough Swilly. Bonamia osteae is a disease which affects oysters, but consumption of oysters affected by the disease has no human health impacts. Following the Marine Institute notification, as a precautionary measure, it was decided...
- Written Answers — Fishing Quotas: Fishing Quotas (31 Jan 2007)
John Browne: The Department administers two principal herring fisheries, the Celtic Sea Herring Fishery and the North West Herring Fishery. The management arrangements in place for those two fisheries have been developed in consultation with industry representatives and differ only in the length of the fishing periods allowed. In the case of both fisheries, vessels wishing to participate notify their...