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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2386. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a psychological assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20658/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (21 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken since the publication of a report (details supplied) into organisational capability of the Sea Fisheries Protection Agency in late 2020; the actions he plans to take regarding the recommendations and conclusions of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18675/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Meetings (21 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings either he or his officials had with the Minister for Foreign Affairs in advance of that Minister’s meeting with the French President and German Chancellor in December 2020 in the critical period running up to the Brexit Agreement of 24 December 2020; the dates of these briefings and copies of any...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (21 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to secure a tuna quota for Ireland in view of the fact that some EU partners are seeking an expansion to their existing tuna quotas; the tonnage of tuna caught within Ireland’s EEZ waters; the countries fishing for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18677/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (21 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the migration research on Atlantic bluefin tuna being conducted by the Marine Institute over recent years can be utilised by his Department to make the case for a reasonable share of the EU quota and TAC of this species to be allocated to the Irish fleet. [20011/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (21 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of French vessels inspected, detained, prosecuted and fined for fishing infringements within Ireland’s territorial waters EEZ from 2010 to date; the amount of fish quota French vessels caught in the same waters during the period in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18678/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (21 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an updated national strategic plan for sustainable aquaculture development will be published. [20057/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (21 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 2538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce an amendment to section 49 of the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 to ensure that the final report of a complaints officer as part of the complaints procedure of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority is made available to the complainant and the authority. [20069/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: As the Minister knows, we sought to annul SI 318 of 2020, which he introduced. We debated the proposal in the Dáil and I have to accept that it was voted through. I remind the Minister that when he was Fianna Fáil spokesperson on agriculture, food and the marine, he had a very different view on this matter. His colleague and former Deputy, Pat the Cope Gallagher, when he was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Deputy Pringle asked about the approach in other EU member states. The European Parliament published a report last year which examined the penalty points systems in all EU member states and how they applied. Has the Minister read that report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: This Bill will go through the Dáil and Seanad. The Minister's senior officials are on this call. Are they advising him that this legislation is in line with legislation in place in other member states, in other words, is the threshold for conviction similar to the thresholds in place in other EU member states? Is that the advice to the Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: For the record, the report I referred to is titled, Implementation of the current EU fisheries control system by Member States (2014-19). The study was carried out by the European Parliament’s development committee. I will ask the question again. Is this legislation, as presented to us, and the onerous threshold that it sets for our fisherman based on the normal practice and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The reason I asked the question is, as the Minister has acknowledged, that the Department's previous drafts of what would be a scheme were, unfortunately, rejected in our courts. We would expect, therefore, that senior Department officials would find out what is the acceptable European Union norm for this type of scheme. There is an important question to be asked. I appreciate that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My apologies for coming back in again, but can I ask that the senior officials of the Department would confirm that they have read the report and set out how this legislation is aligned to the recommendations of that committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a range of recommendations from the committee at the end of the report. Perhaps the officials could respond to all of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I would like a response on all of the recommendations included in the report. As I said, the report includes a range of recommendations and a comprehensive study of how this system is applied across all member states. It includes case studies, of which Ireland is one. I am asking that in respect of all of the recommendations at the end of the report - which I have in front of me but I do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With the Chairman's permission, I can read the recommendations into the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I will direct the Minister and his senior officials to pages 185 and 186 of the report and reference one recommendation in particular. It states that the points system should not result in disproportionate and severe sanctions or the permanent suspension of fishing licences. In particular, it is seen by some in the industry as an extreme measure and a double sanctioning on top of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Producer Organisations (1 Apr 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 391. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the establishment of a new independent organisation (details supplied); if this organisation will be included in future rounds of consultation that he holds with the industry; and if it will be invited to participate in the work of the seafood task force. [17840/21]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Mar 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister of State is aware of the outrage in our fishing communities around the coast at the outcome of the EU-UK trade and co-operation agreement. The cost to our fishing industry every year is at least €43 million. This is a 15% loss. In areas such as mackerel and prawn, which are crucial to particular ports and harbours, the impact is huge. The reason people are so angry is...