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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: Senator-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: Sorry, Deputy. I was distracted.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: It is being-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: I am at something of a loss. I appreciate Senator Mac Lochlainn's commitment. He talks about a loss of €1 billion to the sector. Under the European Court of Justice ruling, we negotiated a situation where everybody who had a licence could continue to operate under that licence. With regard to finfish, in the period from 2004 to 2017, the tonnage has increased by almost 30% from...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: I accept that but the licensing regime in Scotland is not exactly a walk in the park either. There are seven different licences-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: I appreciate the point the Senator makes. My ambition, having engaged with the sector, is to have a system that is fit for purpose, delivers on the potential, recognises the rights of applicants and third parties for the process to be fair and transparent, and, as an imperative, deals with the licence backlog. Until we have done that and made determinations on all those backlogs, the first...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: I am not an expert on the Scottish system but I understand it takes over two years and there are seven different approvals or licences within the aquaculture licence system. They may well have had an implementation period. I am not sure that they fell foul in any way of the European Court of Justice in respect of the application of any individual directive. There is-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: I understand that there is not a single cut and paste system which is transferable to all member states. We are grappling with the consequences of all those directives and our own legislation and with framing a licensing process within that that takes account of those things.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: The European Court of Justice found that we were not applying the relevant directive and we then had to amend our licensing process to take account of that. That involved doing an appropriate assessment for all 29 bays identified around the country. That was quite an undertaking. I appreciate the point that Senator Mac Lochlainn makes that we are 11 years on from that but it was a mammoth...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: They all operate under the same EU legislation. Some states fall foul of some directives. We fell foul of this one and the European Court of Justice ruling obliged us effectively to go back to the drawing board with our licensing system. I am not an expert. I know the review group looked at international best practice. We have had to build our system from the ground up but secured a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: My best guess would be in the region of two years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: If the Senator is under the impression that I do not do this personally, I alluded to the late Richie Flynn of the IFA in my opening remarks. I met him and representatives of the sector.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: The sector has ongoing engagement with both me and the Department.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: I do not represent a coastal community but I do very much understand and appreciate the sector's potential. One of the first things I did on being appointed as Minister was to get this review under way. It was a significant undertaking for the people involved and I appreciate their efforts. It is clear that the biggest imperative is to deal with the backlog. As already stated, I have had...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: Representatives of the IFA are constantly in and out of my office in respect of all matters.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: I do not think I have ever refused to meet them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: That includes the aquaculture sector.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: As I said-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: The board is independent. I am not aware of it raising any case in respect of resources being the issue in dealing with appeals.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (23 Oct 2018)
Michael Creed: It may well be doing so for reasons other than resources.