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Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (9 Nov 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It might be useful if the Minister could respond before 4 o'clock.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I am aware of the issues relating to the SmartBay project off Spiddal and I know the institute carried out a number of consultations, which was very welcome. I understand there have been some 500 objections in the course of the planning process. Are the witnesses aware of the nature of these objections? Have they been asked to supply further information in response? Where does the process...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Can Dr. Heffernan clarify the types of submissions to which the Marine Institute is responding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: The point fishermen make is that they believe fish is hoovered in, the best graded and taken out and the rest dumped. Dr. Heffernan is saying that is not monitored or cannot be measured as part of the scientific research into stocks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: In his response on aquaculture licensing, Dr. Heffernan referred to EU legislation. However, that pertains to SACs. There are considerable delays for aquaculture licensing outside SACs. What is the excuse there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: There are delays of five years in applications outside SACs. There is widespread chaos. That is the only way to describe it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh Tara McCarthy agus gabhaim comhghairdeas léi as a ceapachán. I wish her the best in her new position. Is Bord Iascaigh Mhara, BIM, considering aquaculture onshore or is it doing tests to see if there is potential in that area? I refer to a question I asked earlier of Foras na Mara. Has the large-scale aquaculture that was envisaged for Inis Oirr gone...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Does BIM have any input into the internal division of quota once it is brought as far as Dublin?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: On the maritime report, has BIM been consulted on the amendment on the seaweed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I thank Dr. Steele for her presentation. I have raised the issue of factory ships with previous witnesses because fishermen constantly raised it with me. How does the authority police factory ships? Is policing only done when a catch is brought ashore? If so, how does the authority monitor what happens on the ship? How does it monitor the amount of fish that is taken on board? Can it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Are there similar statistics for how many times those types of vessels are boarded or how many times they are there inspected on ship?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Do the witnesses have any sense of what we are told about overfishing? We are told that they hoover up fish, grade them and then dump the ones they do not need. Is there any way the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority can monitor such dumping?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: To clarify, they are self-declaring to the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Yes, but because they are processing on board, they could fillet fish, put them in freezers and say they caught them outside Irish waters. Is that possible?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Public Service Code of Conduct (27 Oct 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: Tá céad fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Ba mhaith liom tréaslú leis as ucht a cheapacháin. Is maith an rud é go bhfuil Gaillimheach sa ról atá aige. I congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment as it is the first time I have had the opportunity to do so on the floor of the Seanad. I wish him well and it is great to see another west...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Public Service Code of Conduct (27 Oct 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I welcome the fact that a Bill is being brought forward but I worry about the time lapse. The basic question is why it has taken so long. I mentioned 12 years but if the legislation was enacted in 2011, it is even longer. Perhaps the Minister of State could ask the Minister the reason the Standards in Public Office Commission cannot update the code and put what would be a model code in...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: D'ardaigh mé ceist inné maidir le cúrsaí portaigh i gConamara. I raised an issue with the Leader about a deadline pending on Friday. It concerns the blanket bog complex in Connemara. Local turf cutters who want to appeal the designations being imposed are facing a deadline of 28 October. We have asked for an extension. I do not know if the Leader was in a position to...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: We cannot believe a word he says.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: I was speaking in jest.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Oct 2016)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: It is a long-term policy issue.