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Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Aquaculture.

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: One thing I am curious about is the "big bang" approach with outsiders, as opposed to steady growth in which one deals with the issues as one grows, promoted by locals who are sensitive to local interests. I am interested in why the Department seems to be going for this huge "big bang" approach under the aegis of BIM, which is obviously subject to ministerial policy direction. That...

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I understand this is a global proposal from BIM.

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I asked why there is a policy to go for huge farms. If this were so lucrative it is curious that the existing farms have not been growing in the past ten years. There are a number of existing fin fish farms, including one owned by a very large company off Clare Island. If all this were so lucrative and positive I would have thought that the Clare Island operation would have expanded....

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I know that the BIM spiel is-----

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I would be really interested in that.

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I agree. I live near the Killary, one of the best places for mussels. Difficulties arose there in connection with licensing but it is totally natural. One has only to hang a rope out and mussels will grow on it. I have always believed that we have an obsession with fin fish farming and particularly with salmon which by its nature is an extensively migratory species. We would be better...

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: BIM is applying for the licence in these cases. It could choose to operate land bases and the operators would not have a choice because there would be no licence for sea-based farms, and if they want a sea-based licence let them go and fry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Reform: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I welcome the assistant secretary, Cecil Beamish, and the principal officer, Josephine Kelly. It is important we get these regular briefs in respect of what is taking place. At times it is difficult to decipher exactly what the practical outcome will be for ordinary people who must try to sustain a living from fishing. There should be a ban in Europe on any meeting going beyond 11:30 p.m....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Reform: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Did Ireland make a proposal to change or extend the limits?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Reform: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Do all 27 member states have an input in the process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Reform: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That means a number of countries which do not have a coast or significant coast are dictating to us. It is not a wonder that we cannot win because it would suit such countries if we did not have anything. Irish people have been kept in the dark about what is taking place. The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has not made any effort to stir people up to his point of view.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Reform: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My argument is that we did not even try. One can lose and go down fighting but at least one will have tried.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Reform: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It was a disgraceful decision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Reform: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Sorry, the six and 12 mile limits were part of an international agreement. These were later extended to 200 miles.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Reform: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We are talking about chalk and cheese. When the limit was extended to 200 miles we did not follow suit with our national limits. The Irish Government sold out at that point and again subsequently when Spain and Portugal joined the European Economic Community.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Reform: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: When I was a child the international limits were six and 12 miles. However, when the limit was extended to 200 miles for every other country in the world, we made the extraordinary decision to give our fisheries away for nothing. I stated at the time that it was the wrong decision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Reform: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister appears to have signed off on his side but I notice the European Parliament is still on our side, particularly with regard to the Hague preferences. I suggest, therefore, that we send a political message to our Members of the European Parliament to hang tough on the Hague preferences and demand that they lobby their colleagues not to submit to the Council's position on the Hague...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy Reform: Discussion with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (20 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Growth (21 Mar 2013)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is concerned by the slowdown in the European economy in the fourth quarter of 2012; the discussions he has had with his ECOFIN colleagues to stimulate growth in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14044/13]