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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: 208. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on a matter (details supplied). [25103/22]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: On a point of order, as the Chair made clear at the outset that it is not for any witness before this committee to cast aspersions on people who cannot defend themselves. There are a limited number of operators in this sector and the sentence uttered is very serious. It should be withdrawn.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: I welcome our guests. My background is not in fishing, nor is it my area of expertise in Leinster House, but I realise this issue is causing serious reputational damage and a loss of jobs in my community in Donegal. It could have widespread implications in other areas. The opening statement referred to a campaign of disinformation or misinformation regarding the SFPA and the provisions of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: No, the whole regulation. I am interested, in particular, in the scope of the regulation. Does it apply to the north of Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: How?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: The Northern Ireland protocol designates Derry as a port for landing and so on. What part of the regulation applies? It seems to apply only to member states.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: It applies to member states of the EU. Does that include the north of Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: It comes fully under the regulation. Therefore, the north of Ireland is a member state, as defined under this regulation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: “Essentially yes” or “Yes”?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: What is the competent authority in the North?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: So, just as the SFPA is overseeing the weighing of fish in Killybegs, it has responsibility under the regulation to make sure that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: Does the SFPA have the authority in the North?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: Mr. O’Mahony stated fish can be purchased from the North by a processor in Killybegs or elsewhere.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: Must they be weighed first in the North, be it in Derry or wherever they come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: Who is responsible for ensuring they are weighed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: What authority ensures that is happening?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: So when theIngrid Majalacame into Derry because it was prevented from coming into Killybegs and being able to offload its fish in a manner where it would still be of a standard where it was suitable for human consumption, was the fish weighed in Derry?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: I qualified that; in a manner that would allow for the fish to be available for human consumption.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: And I take issue with the fact that Mr. Hayes takes issue with it but to return to the point, was the fish weighed in Derry?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Pearse Doherty: Yes.