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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to reintroduce monitored community fishing schemes to allow previous fishing practices such as salmon and eel fishing be used for artisanal and traditional purposes to generate tourism potential and preserve heritage in villages around Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42624/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual budget his Department allocated to organisations that save lives, for example, coastguard and naval and search and rescue services for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42619/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the entire allocation of fishing quota for Irish fishers in each of the past 20 years, in tabular form; the breakdown of the quota by fish species; the way in which it is allocated by producer organisations and other representative groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42613/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections of Irish fishing vessels that have taken place in each of the past 20 years by his Department; the number of prosecutions taken by the State against Irish fishers during this period; the scale of infringements and penalties in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42614/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections of foreign fishing vessels that have taken place in each of the past 20 years by his Department; the number of prosecutions taken by the State against non-Irish fishers during this period; the scale of infringements and penalties in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42615/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of logs of super trawlers fishing in waters off the coast of Ireland that have been recorded by his Department for each of the past 10 years by annual and monthly basis including the vessel name and country of registration in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42616/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 464. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the electronic logbooks input by super trawlers and monitored by the SFPA showing the total catch made by them in waters off Ireland in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42618/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual breakdown of all SFPA operations on an annual basis for the past five years in which it boarded fishing vessels by vessel name, country of origin, purpose of boarding, if an infringement was detected and if so, the infringement in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42617/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to seek access to quotas for Irish fishers for fish types such as bluefin tuna, anchovies and others in new EU quota negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42622/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to make capital investments in fishing ports during this term of Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42623/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Seaweed Harvesting (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to promote and support community-led and owned sustainable seaweed harvesting operations. [42625/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times CASA aircraft were deployed to monitor the fishing activities of supertrawlers; the names of the vessels the aircraft were deployed to monitor in each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42650/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 493. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to create a national islands plan and to give legislative protection to Ireland’s island communities to ensure their economic and heritage sustainability into the future during her term of office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42621/20]

Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Sinn Féin and the Minister's party, including its Government partners, have different views on the type of country we want and this is okay. It is, in fact, healthy for a democracy that voters have a clear choice when they go to the polls. Sinn Féin will always prioritise State investment in public services and providing income supports, housing, education and jobs where needed....

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas is the body that sets the international quota. Since 2016, the European Union share of that international quota has increased by 73% - some 8,000 tonnes - from 11,200 tonnes to 19,360 tonnes. Ireland, however, has not got one of those tonnes. Irish fishermen, right around the coast, are reporting to me as Sinn Féin's...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: One of these bluefin tuna can be worth $10,000. In the Japanese sushi and sashimi markets, it is an incredibly lucrative fish. More than 8,000 additional tonnes in the past four years were secured by the European Union for this fish but we get nothing. As the Minister knows from wearing his agriculture hat, we are looking at the Common Agricultural Policy, the single farm payment, the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 38. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Ireland has not received a single tonne of the hundreds of tonnes in additional international quota total allowable catch for the lucrative bluefin tuna species that has been secured by the European Union since 2016; his views on the scientific information he has to hand on the abundance of this species in Irish waters or...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fishing Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: What is the reason that Ireland has not received a single tonne of the hundreds of tonnes of additional international quota that was allocated to the European Union since 2016 for one of the most lucrative fish in the world?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Common Fisheries Policy (8 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Minister will be aware on 12 November last, it was reported that two Dutch-registered monster vessels were fishing off the Donegal coast. One was a super-trawler and the other was a factory ship. One was 470 ft long and the other was 414 ft long. They hoovered up fish. There are widespread concerns about sustainability. How can the Minister talk about sustainability of fisheries when...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Common Fisheries Policy (8 Dec 2020)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Let us deal with the 12-mile issue first. The exclusive economic zone of our country comprises 200 miles, not 12 miles. There are immense resources of fisheries outside the 12-mile limit and we have given up 80% of those. In regard to the size of the ships, Australia has banned vessels of more than 120 m in length. I do not think there is any vessel of that size in the Irish fleet,...