Results 11,921-11,940 of 13,270 for speaker:Pat Gallagher

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (8 Feb 2006)

Pat Gallagher: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that, as part of the Department's fishery harbours development programme for 2006, I have approved funding of €200,000 to progress the development at Cromane. This allocation will enable the purchase of lands for provision of the access road to the pier to be advanced. It is expected that this process will be completed in the current year. If so, it is also...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (7 Feb 2006)

Pat Gallagher: The National Salmon Commission is due to meet later this month with a view to framing recommendations for the application of management measures to the commercial and recreational angling season for salmon in 2006. Their recommendations will be informed by the advice received from the standing scientific committee and that tendered by the regional fisheries boards' chief executives. They will...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (7 Feb 2006)

Pat Gallagher: The central and regional fisheries boards devote considerable effort and resources, in collaboration with Tourism Ireland, to the promotion of angling tourism. The overall decline in angling tourism is not unique to Ireland but reflects a trend widespread in Europe. The report of the tourism policy review group to the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism in September 2003 observes a decline...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (7 Feb 2006)

Pat Gallagher: I am advised the new Marine Institute headquarters building at Rinville, Oranmore, County Galway, is in the final stages of completion. It is intended that the Marine Institute staff will be relocated to the new building from mid-March 2006. I understand from the Office of Public Works, which has responsibility for the project, that the cost is expected to come within the sanctioned...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (7 Feb 2006)

Pat Gallagher: The Government has, to date, consistently ruled out buy-out as an effective means of achieving the restoration of salmon stocks and has instead, since 2002, promoted the application of quotas on commercial fishing and bag limits on angling to achieve catch reductions as the best instrument available to achieve this objective. Moreover, no convincing case has been advanced as to the public...

Written Answers — Fishing Vessel Licences: Fishing Vessel Licences (7 Feb 2006)

Pat Gallagher: The function of the licensing authority for sea-fishing boats was transferred under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003 to the Registrar General of Fishing Boats. The Act provides that the licensing authority is independent in the exercise of its functions under the Act, subject to the law for the time being in force and policy directives in relation to sea-fishing boat licensing. The two...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (2 Feb 2006)

Pat Gallagher: Garnish pier is owned by Cork County Council and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with the local authority in the first instance. Cork County Council submitted a proposal to the Department in 2003 for works at Garnish pier at an estimated cost of €750,000. Last year, under the small fishery harbours programme, I allocated funding of €45,000 to Cork County Council...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (1 Feb 2006)

Pat Gallagher: The ban on the use of deep water gill nets is set down in the 2006 total allowable catch and quota regulation. The regulation requires the removal of such nets from the areas covered by the ban by 1 February 2006. The Naval Service will be responsible for policing the ban within the Irish exclusive fisheries zone, EFZ, and will monitor fishing activity in this zone to ensure that the banned...

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (31 Jan 2006)

Pat Gallagher: The maritime transport division of the Department, which has responsibility for commercial ports, shipping policy and the State's regional ports and harbours, was transferred to the Department of Transport on 1 January 2006. Responsibility for the administration of the foreshore Acts remains with the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.

Written Answers — Fisheries Conservation: Fisheries Conservation (25 Jan 2006)

Pat Gallagher: The ban on the use of deep water gill nets is set down in the 2006 TAC and quota regulation. Under this regulation, EU fishing vessels may no longer deploy gill nets, entangling nets or trammel nets at a depth of greater than 200 m in certain areas, including waters to the north, west and south west of Ireland. The regulation also requires the removal of such nets from the specified areas by...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (25 Jan 2006)

Pat Gallagher: A recent review of staffing requirements at Killybegs fishery harbour centre has not indicated any additional requirement in relation to general operative positions. There have been no appointments due to the current situation in relation to fish stocks and related activity in the fishing industry. This situation coupled with an increase in the number of vessels landing to other ports last...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (25 Jan 2006)

Pat Gallagher: The Common Fisheries Policy, CFP, was comprehensively reviewed in 2002. One of its key outcomes was a greater emphasis on fisheries control. The reformed CFP contains a specific chapter dealing with control and sets a variety of requirements that all member states must implement to ensure that fisheries resources are adequately protected. I understand the potential benefits underpinning the...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (25 Jan 2006)

Pat Gallagher: Fish habitats and stocks are under threat from a variety of adverse environmental and water quality pressures both at sea and in rivers and estuaries. These pressures, along with over-exploitation of stocks, pose a significant threat to the long-term sustainability of this natural resource. Under the Fisheries Acts, primary responsibility for the protection, conservation and management of...

Written Answers — Fisheries Conservation: Fisheries Conservation (25 Jan 2006)

Pat Gallagher: While there remains a surplus of salmon returning to Irish rivers, the Government has accepted the scientific advice that reductions in the overall fishing effort are required to sustain and rebuild salmon stocks nationwide. For this reason, current Government policy has been designed to bring spawning escapement up to the level of the scientifically advised conservation limits as soon as...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (25 Jan 2006)

Pat Gallagher: The harbour at Ballycotton is owned by Cork County Council and responsibility for its maintenance and development is a matter for the local authority in the first instance. In 2001 the council submitted a report prepared by consulting engineers on the estimated cost a plan for development of Ballycotton harbour. The proposed development was estimated to cost a total of €6 million. Cork...

Written Answers — Fisheries Conservation: Fisheries Conservation (25 Jan 2006)

Pat Gallagher: The ban on the use of deep water gill nets is set down in the 2006 total allowable catch, TAC, and quota regulation. Under this regulation, EU fishing vessels may no longer deploy gill nets, entangling nets or trammel nets at a depth of greater than 200 m in certain areas, including waters to the north, west and south west of Ireland. This includes parts of International Council for the...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (25 Jan 2006)

Pat Gallagher: The TACs and quotas for 2006 agreed by the Council of Fisheries Ministers in December 2005 were satisfactory from an Irish viewpoint and generally welcomed by the Irish industry. My main aim entering these negotiations was to secure a deal which gave Irish fishermen the best possible range of fishing opportunities for 2006, taking account of the socio-economic needs of the industry and the...

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (25 Jan 2006)

Pat Gallagher: The Deputy will be aware that in November last I published details of the Government's new policy for the restructuring of the inland fisheries sector. This policy is based on the recommendations contained within the Farrell Grant Sparks report. The Government has decided that a fundamental restructuring of the sector is required. It considered that this reform would result in a better model...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (25 Jan 2006)

Pat Gallagher: The National Salmon Commission is a statutory body established to assist and advise me, as Minister of State with responsibility for the marine, regarding the conservation, management, protection and development of the wild salmon and sea trout resource in Ireland. The terms of reference, which are set out in the National Salmon Commission (Terms of Reference) Order 2005, SI No. 627 of 2005,...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (25 Jan 2006)

Pat Gallagher: The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has primary responsibility for the implementation in Ireland of Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and wild flora and fauna. That Department received a letter of formal notice from the European Commission dated 5 July 2005 regarding a complaint made to the Commission that Ireland is not managing drift...