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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Public Service Obligation Levy Increase (21 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Senator for his comments. I will liaise with the Minister, Deputy Naughten, on this issue and I will ask him to liaise with the CER. I accept that there is uncertainty about issues pertaining to the levy. This is associated with factors outside our control that relate to the global market for energy. A number of factors are applying upward pressure to the PSO levy, including...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland (21 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: The proposal around rationalising the fish farm operations of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is a day to day operational matter for the Board of IFI. I acknowledge the huge positive impact made by angling to the Irish economy and expect the Board of IFI to be mindful of that in all decisions they make. I am informed by IFI that, from a structural perspective, the fish farming operation...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Land Issues (21 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: My Department holds no function in relation to this question. It would be a matter in the first instance for the landowner. Inland Fisheries Ireland, which comes under the aegis of my Department, is the state agency responsible for the protection, management and conservation of Ireland's inland fisheries and sea angling resources. Should the Deputy have a particular issue relevant to...

Topical Issue Debate: Fish Farming (20 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: I thank Deputy Burke for raising this Topical Issue. Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI, is the State agency responsible for the protection, management and conservation of Ireland's inland fisheries and sea angling resources. IFI was formed on 1 July 2010 following the amalgamation of the Central Fisheries Board and the seven regional fisheries boards into a single agency. Ireland has over...

Topical Issue Debate: Fish Farming (20 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Deputy for his comments and I understand the frustration he feels, along with the level of concern expressed at the public meeting last night in Mullingar, with representatives attending from all over the country. They represented the fishing rivers in Dublin, Louth, Mayo, Galway and other places. Although the facilities in Cullion and Roscrea are doing a job, there have been...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Aeir Fóirdheonaithe (19 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: Mar a mhínigh mé don Teachta i sraith ceisteanna uaidh ar an ábhar seo agus go deireanach i mo fhreagra ar Cheist Tosaíochta Uimhir 3 ar 7 Iúil, tá an próiseas tairisceana don tseirbhís aeir ag leanúint ar aghaidh. Taobh le taobh leis an próiseas tairisceana do sheirbhís aeir, tá mo Roinn ag iarraidh teacht ar shocrú le...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Forbairt Calaí agus Céanna (19 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: Mar a mhínigh mé don Teachta i mo fhreagra ar Cheist Dála Uimh 43 uaidh ar 7 Iúil 2016, tá sé socruithe go gcuirfear ciste an Rialtais don ché ar Inis Oírr ar fáil trí Vóta mo Roinne-se. Rinneadh léirmheas ar an Vóta sin, mar atá sonraithe san Imleabhar Meastachán Athbhreithnithe leasaithe do 2016, ag an Roghchoiste...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland (19 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 793, 794 and 802 together. The proposal around rationalising the fish farm operations of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is a day to day operational matter for the Board of IFI. I understand, however, that IFI’s intention is to phase out fish farming operations over the coming years and that it is intended by IFI that the phase out plan will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences (19 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: EU Directive 2001/42/EC, commonly known as the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive, provides for a formal environmental assessment of certain plans and programmes which are likely to have significant effects on the environment.  The Directive applies to plans or programmes instigated on or after 21 July 2004. The Directive was transposed into Irish Law by way...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Gas Exploration Licences (19 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: The Energy White Paper sets out a framework that will guide policy in the energy sector from now up to 2030. It sets a vision of reducing emissions from the energy system by 80-95% by 2050. This will require the share of fossil fuels to be of the order of 26-51% of total primary energy requirement. The Programme for Government also sets out important objectives in the energy...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing (14 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: A key question to be answered by the joint research programme is whether unconventional gas exploration and extraction can be carried out on the island of Ireland while protecting the environment and human health. Project C of the programme covers the regulatory framework for environmental protection. It will include discussion on approaches of other countries with regard to health impact...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing (14 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: As I said to Deputy Murphy, when the Dáil comes back in September the publication of the report will be imminent. I know that concern has been expressed. However, the consortium that has undertaken the work includes CDM Smith, the British Geological Survey, University College Dublin, Ulster of University, Amec Foster Wheeler and Philip Lee Solicitors. The terms of reference went...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing (14 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Deputy for her question. As she will be aware, the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has commissioned a research programme into the potential impacts of unconventional gas exploration and extraction on the environment and human health. It should be noted that the draft terms of reference for this programme were the subject of a public consultation...

Other Questions: Inland Fisheries Regulation (14 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Deputy for the question. On 4 July Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI, published the timetable for the review of the national pike and brown trout policies. These policies deal with the established practice of controlling pike in waters which are designated as primary wild brown trout fisheries and where the principal predator, pike, is managed to optimise wild brown trout stocks...

Other Questions: Inland Fisheries Regulation (14 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: The national policy for the management of trout, pike and bass was launched in 2014. The various policies seek to provide for the best conservation and management of bass, pike and trout in Ireland and will help to ensure the sustainability of stocks. The policy review group which will be established later this month to review the process will comprise appropriate staff who will draft both...

Other Questions: Inland Fisheries Regulation (14 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: I will obtain a more accurate update in the coming weeks as the matter evolves. All of this is based very much on scientific advice and work. For example, the brown trout fisheries that are designated under the pike management include loughs Corrib, Mask, Carra, Conn, Cullin, Arrow and Sheelin, whereas previous research carried out by scientists from Inland Fisheries Ireland indicated that...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (14 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: It has been decided that it is best to gather the information necessary to make the best informed decision. It was fast-tracked in terms of the synthesis report. Rather than waiting until the end of 2018, it was decided, based on the best scientific evidence internationally, to produce a synthesis report before going further to phase 2, if that is what the report suggests should be done. I...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (14 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: I thank the Deputy for his question on an issue that exercises many people in different parts of the country. In coming to a view on whether unconventional gas exploration and extraction could be permitted in Ireland, it was considered necessary in the first instance to establish if this technology could be carried out in a manner that would not negatively impact on the environment...

Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (14 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: Obviously, a decision was made by the Department in conjunction with other bodies to go down the route of a report. The report will gather together all the available data and information on the issue of unconventional gas exploration and extraction. The report is due by the end of this year at the latest, and possibly earlier, but we are saying by the end of this year. I believe the right...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Stocks (14 Jul 2016)

Seán Kyne: There are five salmon rivers in County Wexford on the list of 147 salmon rivers, sections of rivers or estuaries managed annually by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) on the basis of advice received from the Standing Scientific Committee on Salmon (SSCS); the Owenavorragh, Slaney, Corock, Owenduff and Pollmounty Rivers. The SSCS is a statutorily independent committee comprised...