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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I talked about delays of over six years in the Irish case - in Scotland, it is 20 months. What the Department is saying is that now it has dealt with the implications of the ECJ ruling, moving forward under two decision-making authorities, the timeframe will be much less than the Scottish timeframe? Is that what it is saying?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Department's submission talks about 15 recommendations that can be implemented in the short term without legislation, but the Department does not spell out what these 15 recommendations are. It is a very general presentation and is lacking in specific timeframes. I asked the witness if he supported the recommendation that there be two separate offices, and I will do so again. Does he...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does the Department support-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does the Department support that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There are two other questions the witness did not answered. There is a clear conflict of interest in having an office that issues licences and that deals with compliance and monitoring. There are other examples where that is not the case. Does the witness agree that is a conflict of interest? Does he support the recommendation to change that? Those are the questions I asked at the outset.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I asked the question and not the Chairman so Dr. Beamish should look at me. It is basic manners to look at the person who asked the question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: With all due respect to Dr. Beamish, he has not answered my question. I assume his answer to my question is "No". I assume that he does believe there is a conflict of interest and there should be two separate offices.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does Dr. Beamish believe there should be two separate offices?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Does Dr. Beamish think the legislation should be changed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: My question on the regulatory framework was not answered. It is a key issue for the sector. Has a dynamic approach been adopted for the regulatory framework?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Right
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I shall comment later.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Any publication could circulate the notice in the vicinity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Garda Reviewis circulated in Inishowen, for God's sake. Publishing in two or three newspapers will ensure that the notice is read by somebody who lives in the community and will be affected by the decision. I have made that basic point before yet it still has not been accepted by the Department. In recent weeks I received a letter that still says that the Donegal Democratis a newspaper...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The Chairman has been very fair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: So there is not a schedule of newspapers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I fully support what Deputy McConalogue has said. Obviously the recommendations are listed, as Dr. Beamish has said. Will he supply the committee with a response to each recommendation and a timeline for implementation or, if they cannot be done in an acceptable timeframe, the reasons for that? If he says there are difficulties, that is fair enough. He needs to let us know the difficulties.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I want to ask a supplementary question. I have reviewed the transcript of the committee's February 2017 meeting with the witnesses, at which we also we dealt with the matter of Linsfort beach. Unfortunately, the issues that I raised a year ago - ensuring full public access to an application - have not changed as of recent weeks. I will read from the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1997, with...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licensing Process: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Feb 2018)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: No. We are talking about-----