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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: One of the measures introduced in the reformed Common Fisheries Policy, agreed in 2013, is the requirement for each Member State to implement a multi-annual national strategic plan for aquaculture. Ireland’s draft Plan along with its accompanying environmental reports is currently undergoing public consultation until 24 July. The draft plan has been prepared in accordance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Irish Coursing Club (ICC) is responsible for the identification and registration of greyhounds in the Irish Greyhound Studbook. The ICC is subject to the general control and direction of Bord na gCon (BNG) under Section 26 (2) of the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 (the Act). BNG is the statutory body with responsibility for the improvement and development of the greyhound industry,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Inspections (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: The Irish Coursing Club (ICC) is responsible for the identification and registration of greyhounds in the Irish Greyhound Studbook. The ICC is subject to the general control and direction of Bord na gCon (BNG) under Section 26 (2) of the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 (the Act). BNG is the statutory body with responsibility for the improvement and development of the greyhound industry,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: The ICC is subject to the general control and direction of Bord na gCon under Section 26(2) of the Greyhound Industry Act 1958 (the Act). B ord na gCon is a commercial State body, established under the Act and is the statutory body with responsibility for the improvement and development of the greyhound industry including greyhound racing and coursing. The Irish Coursing Club (ICC) is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Inspections (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: Bord na gCon (BNG) is the statutory body responsible for the regulation of greyhound racing under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958. The issue that the Deputy raises regarding the running of reserves in competitions is an operational matter for BNG. I expect BNG to fully comply with the provisions of all the greyhound legislation, including the various Statutory Instruments introduced from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Remit (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: Bord na gCon is the statutory body responsible for the regulation of greyhound racing under the Greyhound Industry Act 1958. It has specific powers conferred on it by the Greyhound Industry (Racing) Regulations 2007, S.I. 302 of 2007, which set out the detailed rules under which greyhound racing is conducted. The Irish Coursing Club (ICC) is the controlling authority for the breeding and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 344, 345 and 346 together. Bord na gCon is a statutory body responsible for the regulation of greyhound racing under the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958. It is required to conduct its business in accordance with public procurement and other rules. As I have already outlined to the Deputy in Parliamentary Question No 25646 of 25 June 2015 my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: Following Government approval the L.É. Eithne arrived in the South Central Mediterranean on 23 May 2015, to assist the Italian authorities in humanitarian search and rescue operations. The role of the Irish Naval vessel is to provide a search and rescue capability and to undertake humanitarian rescue operations at sea in the Mediterranean. Assistance to persons in distress at sea is...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Career Breaks (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: Circular 51/1979 provides for special leave for civil servants who are members of the Reserve Defence Force (RDF) in respect of attendance at annual RDF training courses. In relation to other public bodies, specific policies relating to special leave are dealt with on a sectoral basis by the appropriate responsible Minister, factoring in the specific human resource requirements in the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reorganisation (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: The accommodation requirements of the Mullingar RDF unit have recently been reviewed. The available facilities in Columb Barracks have also been assessed. It is clear that substantial refurbishment work would have to be completed if Columb Barrack was to be used by the RDF. A cost estimate of the required refurbishment work is being prepared. Any proposals for future use must of course be...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Ambulance Service Provision (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: The number of missions completed, by county for 2014 and to 31 May 2015, of the Emergency Aeromedical Support (EAS) service operated by the Air Corps is as set out in the tabular statement below. County 2014 2015 Carlow 4 0 Cavan 6 8 Clare 16 7 Cork 10 2 Donegal 14 17 Dublin 0 0 Galway 34 11 Kerry 10 4 Kildare 2 2 Kilkenny 2 1 Laois 13 6 Leitrim 6 2 Limerick 20 5 Longford 21...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Ceremonies (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: Commemorative medals were issued to Veterans on the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1966 (1916 Survivors’ Medal) and the 50th anniversary of the Truce in 1971 (Truce (1921) Commemoration Medal). These were only issued to qualifying Veterans who were alive when the relevant commemorative medal was issued. I have asked my officials to retrieve the relevant Departmental files...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: I wish the joint committee a good afternoon and thank the members for the invitation to update them on the progress of the implementation of the landing obligation and to discuss the submission from the fleet sub-segmentation lobby group on abolishing the sub-segmentation of tonnage and kilowatts for the Irish fleet. I will begin by addressing the issue of fleet segmentation. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: A number of speakers raised the issue of the 2011 case. Let me be clear that it was on the basis of a High Court order, following a court case. Legally, we were required to act and we did. That was not a voluntary intervention by the Minister for an individual case. There was a High Court judgment, a court order, which was clear and we simply implemented it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: I am trying to recall the exact wording. The court order was that there was a requirement on the State to put the person back into the position he was in back in 2007. The only way we could do that was the way in which we did it. I would caution against using that as a precedent. There were specific circumstances involved, in respect of which we can provide members with the details, if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: There may be safety issues but there is also the temptation to catch more fish out of quota.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: I know. They are asking for extra capacity. Do they want bigger boats to catch the same amount of fish?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: With respect, safety is one consideration.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: I have multiple roles. The record of this Government with respect to safety, particularly the money and resources put into it and the changes made, has been fairly strong. I am glad to say we have had some positive results. Although there have been some tragedies in the past two years, there has been a big improvement on previous years. I take safety very seriously. I have personal and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: It is moving from whitefish to pelagic. They are two totally different segments.