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Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Jan 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: ...report continued: Aquaculture and fishing are important local industries. The availability of the full pier at all times would enhance their socioeconomic value through facilitating the landing of additional catch. Bantry Town Council, which also supports the development, would also benefit from new commercial developments through rates, development levies, car parking fees, etc. There...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Jan 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: ...who officially opened the slipway. Although millions were spent on Whiddy Island, the access point for an ambulance or emergency vehicle at the terminal meant driving there was a bit like making a landing in the Second World War — one drove on to the gravel and sand and hoped for the best. There is now a decent slipway, which should probably have been there years ago. It is a positive...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Jan 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: ...aspire that the remaining state funding of EUR 2.8 million would be funded through a combination of allocations from the National Development Plan, Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and The Islands and further allocations from the Department of the Marine and Natural Resources. Applications have been made to the relevant governmental bodies for this funding. My memory may be...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Jan 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: ...submissions or were interviewed. These included Bord Fáilte, an important organisation in the area I represent, the regional tourism authorities, the Chartered Institute of Transport in Ireland, the Irish Institute of Master Mariners and the Irish Ports Association. These steps were taken by KPMG in 1999. The type of consultation process proposed in the amendment tabled by Senator...

Seanad: Recall of Irish Pork and Bacon Products: Statements (10 Dec 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: ...from the crowds that attend markets in Schull, Skibbereen, Bandon and Kinsale each weekend. The crisis surprised me. The Department took a hands on approach and the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, FSAI, and other State agencies became involved. However, it is time for a single food safety authority with ultimate power and responsibility. For example, the Environmental Protection...

Seanad: The Economy: Statements (5 Dec 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: ...remote town 500 miles south of Santiago, up to 40,000 jobs have been created by the industry. While the Spanish and the French are following suit, Ireland seems to have stalled. Up to 80% of fish landed in Ireland is exported blast frozen, mainly to Spain. We must examine how we can add value to this export market. It is an argument I have put forward. I do not want to confuse the...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: ..., the last sub-heading concerns the proposed sale of foreshore at the inner harbour. It states: As the Commissioners are aware, under section 159 of the Harbours Act 1946, the sale of surplus land requires Ministerial consent. Also directly applicable is section 5 of the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies which deals with disposal of assets and access to assets by third...

Seanad: Irish Agriculture: Motion (12 Nov 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: I welcome this debate. I spoke earlier on rural Ireland and the fishing industry. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Sargent, who has strong links with Drimoleague in west Cork, where I believe he joined the Green Party. I would have encouraged him to join another party but he slipped through the net. The allocation committed by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in...

Seanad: Fishing Industry: Statements (12 Nov 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: ..., the polyvalent fleet got 7,000 tonnes within which is included boats that were jigging gillnet and other over 65 ft vessels also. The proposed 16,000-tonne increase in the mackerel quota for Ireland in 2009 is welcome and I urge that at least 50% of this should be provided to the polyvalent fleet, which supplies four processing factories in Rossaveal, Dingle, Baltimore and...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: I join my colleagues who condemned the appalling cold-blooded murder of Mr. Shane Geoghegan in Limerick. I know other Senators have spoken passionately, but as regards gangland crime I have no problem with the reintroduction of the Special Criminal Court. I know it is a serious step but it appears that a certain element involved in the drugs trade has no respect for jurors. Most people who...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: ...them were shot. It will be something similar. They are building slipways now, but as it currently stands that is what we will have to do. I must refer to a person who broke her leg in Whiddy Island and had to go through a large amount of hassle and trouble. Perhaps in this day and age we could provide a helicopter and have her airlifted. Perhaps she would want that. We talk about...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: ...doubt the veracity of his comments on consultation. I do not mean to be jocose but let us consider a sporting phenomenon, for example, the County Carlow hurling team. It aspires to win the All-Ireland hurling final, but the reality is different. This is why I refer to the matter of consultation. This has been ongoing for 40 years and nothing has happened. I do not care who was in...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: ...repeal. Pilotage in Bantry is critical because large tankers are bringing crude oil, bunker oil and diesel into the bay. The knowledge of local pilots is therefore crucial. Apart from Whiddy Island, the pilotage situation is critical. I will refer in my subsequent amendments to a legal issue which has not been addressed. With reference to the costs arising from the Whiddy Island...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: ..., which is not a large number of people. They have done their preparation. Their sons or daughters have completed their education. In many instances the parents have gone to their solicitor, the land has been transferred, the stamp duty has been paid and they were on the verge of getting paid. I accept the scheme has only been suspended but a number of hard cases have arisen because...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Oct 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: ..., should ignore everyone and do what is right, convenient and so on, but I have a different view. The local authority also bought houses on the island. Bantry Harbour Board recently completed a landing facility on Whiddy Island with the help and support of the Department, which I went to see. The board also owns some property on the island, and not before time. A slipway was constructed...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: .... Irrespective of whether we like, An Bord Pleanála is the appeals body regarding many issues. This will not change my political life in that I am practical and pragmatic. Coming from rural Ireland, I have had long-term differences with An Bord Pleanála. The Minister may be right that, in respect of major developments in Dublin and Cork cities, he was sometimes saved by decisions of...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: ...and other ports. Section 7(2)(b)(2) states: "The transfer of the functions of the Minister for Transport [The Minister is giving away those powers.] in relation to the compulsory acquisition of land in accordance with subsection (1) shall include the transfer of all necessary ancillary powers in relation to the substrata of land, easements, rights over land (including wayleaves and public...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: ...It has been described as the second finest bay in the world. The biggest oil tankers that were ever built were able to navigate within Bantry Bay as they travelled towards the terminal at Whiddy Island. When super tankers move through Bantry Bay's fine shipping lane, there is more than 85 feet of water below them. That shows how safe a channel it is. Before the French invasion of 1796,...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: ...my colleague, Senator Cummins. I grew up with this and have seen the difficulty of licensing and coastal zone management. If we want to discuss the wider area of planning permissions in rural Ireland, of which my colleague Senator McCarthy will be well aware, coastal zone management affects not just the sea and how we develop it, but the land too. A planning application was once refused...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (22 Oct 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: ...of licensing is amply covered in the Bill, I have grave doubts whether that is the case. While I do not want to be parochial in talking about Bantry Bay, Dunmanus Bay, the Sheep's Head, Bere Island and other areas I represent, my concerns stem from the fact that a week ago in this House, Senators expressed their concerns that there is a 17-month delay in issuing aquaculture licences for...