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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Financial Implications of the Petroleum and Other Minerals (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: I cannot direct Deputy Sherlock or the committee on what it does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Financial Implications of the Petroleum and Other Minerals (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: The Government will decide whether to support this and set out the reasons why or not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Financial Implications of the Petroleum and Other Minerals (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: The letter that I wrote to the Ceann Comhairle set out the grounds on which I and the Department understood that a money message would be required. The Ceann Comhairle has made a deliberation on that and a decision. That decision now goes to Government, which will make a decision on whether a money message will be given, based on the four points that Deputy Sherlock is talking about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Financial Implications of the Petroleum and Other Minerals (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: Before Deputy Sherlock goes, neither the Citizens' Assembly nor the Oireachtas committee made a recommendation in favour of this Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill. People might think that but the Citizens' Assembly did not say that this Bill would be the way to go.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Financial Implications of the Petroleum and Other Minerals (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: Perhaps Deputy Eamon Ryan has another question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Financial Implications of the Petroleum and Other Minerals (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: I repeat that I first brought to the attention of the committee last November that there were issues with finance. It has not just happened in the past few weeks. I do not anything underhand. I stated it then and again in the Dáil that I had concerns in that regard. I am delighted to talk to committee members about the Bill. I have listened to their discussion. As I said, the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Licences (13 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: I wrote to the Joint Committee for Communications, Climate Action and Environment on 26 November 2018 and set out my concerns with regards to the financial impacts of the Bill referred to in the Question, which would lead to very significant financial risks to the State. In addition to the potential revenue lost by the State from a gas or oil discovery, and the legal costs and compensation...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charities Regulation (13 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: The Charities Regulator is an independent authority and was established in October 2014 under the Charities Act 2009. The key functions of the Regulator are to establish and maintain a public register of charitable organisations operating in Ireland and ensure their compliance with the Charities Acts. I have no function in this matter. In line with section 40 of the Charities Act 2009,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Licences (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: My Department is currently considering applications for two Lease Undertakings. The first application was received in October 2012 in respect of Standard Exploration Licence 2/07 (Hook Head) operated by Providence Resources Plc. The discovery of oil on the acreage encompassed by the Licence was first notified to the Department in 1971 by Marathon Petroleum Ireland Ltd. Providence Resources...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dormant Accounts Fund Deposits (20 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: With regard to transfers to and from the Dormant Accounts Fund for 2019, the most recent information available to me from the NTMA covers the period to the end of May 2019. At that point €61.8 million had transferred into the fund from dormant accounts within relevant financial institutions and a total of €10.6 million had been reclaimed from the fund. Therefore, the net value...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Flood Relief Schemes (25 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: From the perspective of its statutory remit, Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) consulted with Byrne Looby Partners, agents for the Office of Public Works (OPW), who have responsibility for the Bandon Flood Relief Scheme. This consultation was in relation to certain aspects of the Scheme during the design stage and ensured that vital remedial works required to recreate thalwegs, pools and other...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: I am advised by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) that following the opening of the funding application system for the National Strategy for Angling Development to Expressions of Interest, funding workshops were held in nine venues around the country to raise awareness of the funds available, how to apply for funding using the application SmartSimple system and the types of projects that were...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: The launch of the National Strategy for Angling Development, along with the ongoing funding available through the Salmon and Sea Trout Conservation Fund and Midland Fisheries Fund and significant ongoing interest in ensuring fisheries habitats are conserved and angling opportunities sustainably developed, has led to increased need to ensure appropriately qualified and experienced...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (25 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 592 and 593 together. As outlined in the response to Question No. 750 of 11 June, the Environmental River Enhancement Programme (EREP) undertaken by the Office of Public Works (OPW) and Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), is driven by the EU Water Framework Directive and its requirement that status of all water-bodies should be at least “GOOD”. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (2 Jul 2019)

Seán Canney: I refer the Deputy to my replies to Question Nos 206 of 26 June and 1204 of 8 May 2019. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Data (2 Jul 2019)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 558 to 560, inclusive, together. The projects referred to by the Deputy are administered by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). I am advised by IFI that project SCF-17-0038 refers to in-stream works near Carnaross Bridge on the Kells Blackwater, a tributary of the River Boyne. A screening for appropriate assessment for the works contained in the project...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Meetings (2 Jul 2019)

Seán Canney: As Minister with delegated authority for the Inland Fisheries sector, I have regularly met formally with the Chair and senior management of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) across a range of issues. I am also in regular communication with the Chair. On Thursday last, 27 June, I met with the Board of IFI for a wide ranging discussion in advance of the Board's next 5 year strategic planning...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (2 Jul 2019)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 573 to 575, inclusive, together. I am advised by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) that the term “experimental strategies” is considered to cover a wide range of habitat – fisheries interactions in the drained rivers managed by the Office of Public Works (OPW). As previously advised, OPW undertakes maintenance on about 2000 km of channels...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (3 Jul 2019)

Seán Canney: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I apologise for not being here. I was at a ministerial function and I had to pull myself away from it to try to get here. If I get a fine for speeding, we will know why; it was all Markeen’s fault.

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (3 Jul 2019)

Seán Canney: He will be all right. As Mark's neighbour and a family friend, it is important to say that the Killileas and Canneys were always great friends and they still are. Everybody talks about his political agility, his political wit and so on, but what I remember most about Mark Killilea was that he was a neighbour and a friend. When we were up in Bob Scales's land every summer, he was there and...