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Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (20 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The Salmon and Trout Conservation (Draft Nets and Snap Nets) Bye-Law No. 872, 2010 provides details of those rivers, which are open for commercial (draft net and snap net) fishing during the 2010 season. In regard to the River Nore, the snap net fishery has been opened since 12 May. However, the River Suir (including Clodiagh and Lingaun waters) is below its conservation limit and will...

Written Answers — Onshore Exploration: Onshore Exploration (20 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: No petroleum authorisations in respect of the Irish onshore have been granted by my Department since 2007. The last onshore authorisations were two Onshore Petroleum Exploration Licences granted in 2005 and those licences have now expired. In March of this year, I announced a competition for Onshore Licensing Options over areas in the North West Carboniferous Basin and in the Clare Basin....

Job Creation (26 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: IDA Ireland is fully committed to continuing its work in actively marketing the IDA business park in Drogheda for appropriate industrial investment. The agency has no plans to sell the business park as a whole. IDA Ireland completed the development of a 63-acre site in Drogheda during 2006 and construction of the first office building of approximately 23,000 sq. ft. on the park was completed...

Archaeological Sites (26 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The heritage services of the Office of Public Works is responsible for managing and maintaining more than 750 national monuments in State care and providing full interpretative facilities and guide services at 60 sites, which attract more than 2.5 million fee-paying visitors annually. Our built heritage is, therefore, a source of great pride and inspiration for all our citizens, who rightly...

Inland Fisheries (26 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I welcome the Deputy raising this evening the impact of fish migration at the weir in Fermoy, which is in the ownership of Fermoy Town Council. The Deputy's acknowledgement of the need to ensure adequate fish passage on the River Blackwater, in order to comply with our obligations under European law, is also to be welcomed. The council, which acquired the weir some years ago, is...

Inland Fisheries (26 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: If that is done, there is every chance the rowing club and all of the local interests, political and otherwise, can and will be satisfied. If people do not move quickly, I, given my EU obligations, will have no option but to act in the other direction, which is where the technical and scientific advice is leading me. All parties involved must, however, recognise the conservation imperative...

Inland Fisheries (26 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I must respond to that. I have moved hugely and extraordinarily to assist the people in Fermoy. I have spoken to them directly. It is now up to them to deliver.

Services for Children with Autism (26 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: I thank Deputy Richard Bruton for raising this matter and I am pleased to take this opportunity to outline to him the position on the provision of services for children in the autistic or Asperger's range on the north side of Dublin. Government policy and best practice recognise that clients and service users need to be at the centre of service delivery. On an ongoing basis, we are examining...

Services for Children with Autism (26 May 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The HSE is currently carrying out a national review of autism services. This review, which is due to be completed by September of this year, will identify the core principles of service delivery and standards of practice that will guide national autism services. The issues concerning services to children with autism spectrum disorders, in addition to those relating to services to adults...

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (1 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The Deputy will be aware of the background in relation to fish passage at the Fermoy weir and the need to ensure compliance with the Habitats Directive in this regard. On taking up responsibility for the inland fisheries brief, I reviewed the approach to resolving the barrier to fish passage at Fermoy. I was aware of the importance of ensuring that progress was made and the need to avoid...

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (1 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: Under Section 14 (1) of the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1999, the Central Fisheries Board is obliged to submit draft annual accounts to the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG). As soon as may be but not later than one month after an audit by the C&AG, the Board is then obliged to submit to the Department a copy of its annual accounts, together with the C&AG's report. The Central Fisheries...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (1 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: Considerable progress has been made in the preparation of a draft legislative scheme to permit exploration for and exploitation of geothermal energy and I have been considering an initial proposal for Heads of the Bill. My aim is to have technical legal drafting completed in time to have a publication of a Bill later this year and I will be bringing proposals to Government for this purpose...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (1 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: Details of the rivers which are open for harvest in 2010 can be found in the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations, 2009 (S.I. No. 557, 2009). Schedule 2 of the Regulations provides details of the Total Allowable Catch allocated to each river. A copy of the Regulations can be downloaded from the Department's website (www.dcenr.gov.ie). The Regulations are administered by the...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (1 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: There are no plans to open Castlemaine Harbour to licensed commercial fishing this year. The fisheries board will, however, oversee a pilot fishery operating in a particular area of Castlemaine Harbour, permitted under section 18 of the Fisheries Act 1980 (No. 1 of 1980). The pilot will be operated to determine how a salmon fishery could be operated on salmon stocks in the harbour, making...

Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (1 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The development of fish farming and the Seafood Operational Programme 2007 to 2013 are matters for the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (1 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: Considerable progress has been made in the preparation of a draft legislative scheme to permit exploration for and exploitation of geothermal energy and I have been considering an initial proposal for Heads of the Bill. My aim is to have technical legal drafting completed in time to have a publication of a Bill later this year and I will be bringing proposals to Government for this purpose...

Written Answers — Natural Gas Grid: Natural Gas Grid (1 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: As I informed the Deputy in my response to Question Number 347 on 27 April 2010, production of first gas from the Corrib gas field is a matter for the developer, subject to conformity with all statutory consent requirements. For the Deputy's information, construction of the Corrib Gas Terminal at Bellanaboy is substantially completed as are the subsea facilities at the Corrib Gas Field. Last...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (1 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The only petroleum discovery that has been declared commercial but has yet to be developed is the Corrib Gas Field. Construction of the Corrib Gas Terminal at Bellanaboy is almost completed as are the subsea facilities at the Corrib Gas Field. Last summer the 83 km offshore section of the Corrib gas pipeline was installed. Completion of the development works by the developers, which is...

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (15 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: The Inland Fisheries Act 2010 which was recently enacted provides the statutory basis for the establishment of a new national inland fisheries authority to be known as Inland Fisheries Ireland. An Order has been made under the Act which designates the 1 July 2010 as the establishment day for the purposes of the Act and therefore the day on which Inland Fisheries Ireland will come into...

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (15 Jun 2010)

Conor Lenihan: Under the Fisheries Acts, primary responsibility for the management, conservation, protection and development of the inland fisheries resource rests with the Central and Regional Fisheries Boards. Under the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 557 of 2009), the River Feale, including the waters of the Galey and Brick, has a total allowable catch of 4,652 and the...