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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (10 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: ...Nos. 233 to 236, inclusive, together. All matters relating to the operational enforcement of sea fisheries law are, by Statute, matters appropriate to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA). The SFPA is the independent law enforcement agency of the State for sea fisheries law. The decision to prosecute such cases is a matter for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (14 Nov 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 establishes the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) as the competent Authority for securing efficient and effective enforcement of sea fisheries protection legislation and the sustainable exploitation of marine fish resources from the waters around Ireland.  To this end, the SFPA has a Service Level Agreement with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (23 Apr 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...Irish control authorities. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, operational issues concerning sea fisheries control are a matter for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service. I have asked the SFPA to respond directly to the Deputy's request subject of course to Data protection legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (23 Apr 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...Irish control authorities. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, operational issues concerning sea fisheries control are a matter for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service. I have asked the SFPA to respond directly to the Deputy's request subject of course to Data protection legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Exclusive Fisheries Zone (25 Nov 2015)

Simon Coveney: ...Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues of this nature concerning sea fisheries control are, as a matter of law, exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service. As Minister, I am precluded from getting involved in operational matters including in relation to law enforcement. The SFPA has advised me that it is...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: I propose to take Questions Nos. 106 and 939 together. I understand that the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) recently participated in a Joint Deployment operation under the auspices of the Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA), a European Union body established in 2005 to organise operational coordination of fisheries control and inspection activities by the Member States. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016) See 1 other result from this debate

Michelle Mulherin: The representatives from the SFPA should elaborate a bit more on its environmental remit and in particular its protection of designated marine areas in accordance with environmental legislation, as Dr. Steele has described. Is the SFPA the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, equivalent of the high seas? What is the crossover and where does SFPA's jurisdiction begin and that of the EPA...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (10 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is an independent regulatory agency as set down in the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006. The information requested with respect to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority staffing levels is an operational matter for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority. Accordingly, I have referred the Deputy’s question to the SFPA directly...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (19 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...matters for the Irish control authorities.  Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues of this nature are exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service.  As Minister, I am precluded from getting involved in operational control matters such as this. I understand that the SFPA submitted a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (13 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...current ports designated and the opening days and times for those ports were decided to allow for Northern Ireland registered vessels to continue to land into Irish ports, while ensuring that the SFPA has the capacity to continue to perform its vital control functions effectively. I can inform the Deputy by way of update that my Department asked the SFPA to examine certain matters...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (2 Feb 2016)

Simon Coveney: Further to my reply to the Deputy’s question of 17 December 2015, the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) continues to actively liaise with both the Chinese import authorities and the Irish live crab exporters on this issue. The SFPA has offered to facilitate a visit by Chinese authorities to examine Ireland’s official control systems, laboratories and crab production...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Fisheries Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Micheál Martin: Ireland's control authorities, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service, are responsible for the monitoring and control of fishing vessels in our Exclusive Fisheries Zone to ensure compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006, all operational issues of this nature concerning sea-fisheries...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Offences (15 Apr 2015) See 1 other result from this answer

Simon Coveney: ...Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2014 (Statutory Instrument No. 3 of 2014), points for serious infringements are assigned by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) to the holder of the Irish licence and are applicable from the date of detection of the serious infringements. On being notified by the SFPA, points assigned for serious infringements are...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (2 Dec 2009)

Brendan Smith: This is a matter for the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), an independent authority, which was established under Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 on January 1st 2007. The Act clearly provides that the Authority is independent in the exercise of its functions and as such I have no remit as to its work programme or its strategic deployment of resources. I have, however,...

Topical Issue Debate: Fisheries Disputes (20 Nov 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Simon Coveney: All matters relating to the operational enforcement of sea fisheries law are, by statute, appropriate to the SFPA. Deputy John Browne, in particular, knows this and I am surprised to hear a former Minister of State with responsibility for the fisheries sector say what he said. The issue relates to a company's compliance with sea fisheries legislation and is one for the SFPA. The matters...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (6 Oct 2020) See 1 other result from this answer

Catherine Connolly: 794. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of occasions the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, has assigned penalty points to Irish sea-fishing boat licence holders which were found to have carried out serious infringements of the Common Fisheries Policy in Irish waters; the number of occasions the SFPA has assigned penalty points to foreign licence...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (30 Oct 2008)

Brendan Smith: This is a matter for the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), an independent authority, which was established under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 on January 1st 2007. The Act clearly provides that the appointment of a complaints officer is solely a matter for the Authority. I understand that a person has been appointed to this role and I have asked the SFPA to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 Sep 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: As the Deputy may be aware, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is the single legal competent authority responsible for the collection and reporting of fish landings into Ireland. I have therefore forwarded the Deputy's question on the full list of prawn catch, broken down by port location and vessel, in the State for the past five years, to the SFPA and have asked them to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (5 Oct 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...matters for the Irish control authorities. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues of this nature are exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service. As Minister, I am expressly precluded from getting involved in operational matters such as this. I have accordingly referred your queries to the SFPA for...

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (24 Feb 2009)

Brendan Smith: This is a matter for the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), an independent authority, which was established under Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 on January 1st 2007. The Act clearly provides that the Authority is independent in the exercise of its functions and as such I have no remit as to its work programme or its strategic deployment of resources. I have,...