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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Bodies (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: The Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (MARA) is the statutory body responsible for regulation in the maritime area. Section 64(1) of the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021 provides that the MARA may, with the consent of the Minister and approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, appoint such and so many persons to be members of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Pollution (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133, 159 and 169 together. An Inter-Agency Group has been established by me to collaborate on the investigation into the cause of the fish mortality on the River Blackwater. This group is being coordinated by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) and includes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Marine Institute, Cork County Council, the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 158 together. Following the transfer of marine environment functions from the Department of Housing, Heritage and Local Government to the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, the Department has undertaken a review to identify the optimal legislative vehicle to designate Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Options under consideration...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Inland Fisheries (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 and 163 together. As per the Inland Fisheries Act 2010, Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) receive Exchequer funding from the Department which contributes towards expenditure incurred by it in the performance of its functions. The table below sets out the breakdown of Exchequer funds which were allocated by the Department to IFI for 2025. - ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: My Department owns, operates and maintains six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres, located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs and Ros An Mhíl, under statute. In addition, this Department also has responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of North Harbour at Cape Clear, as well as the maintenance of a small number of specific piers, lights and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: Consultation on the management of quotas within National policy is carried out each month at the Quota Management Advisory Committee (QMAC) meeting involving fishing industry representatives from the catching and processing sectors, my Department and the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA).  The QMAC examines in detail the operation of each fishery, available quota and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: In Ireland, quotas are a public resource and are managed to ensure that property rights are not granted to individual operators. The result of this long standing policy is that the Irish fishing fleet involves a balanced spread of sizes and types of fishing vessels, which have retained a strong economic link with our coastal communities and have delivered economic activity including vital...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regeneration Projects (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: Coillte was established as a commercial state company with private limited status under the Forestry Act, 1988, to become custodian and manager of the national forest estate. The company is currently managing 440,000 hectares of land (7% of the total area of the Republic of Ireland), and its day-to-day operations, such as the restoration plan of the blanket bog in the Connemara Bog Complex...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: The preparation of the relevant legal instruments for the introduction of measures relating to the management of sprat for vessels more than 18 metres in length overall is currently being progressed by my Department. The monitoring and control of fishing vessels within Ireland’s Exclusive Fisheries Zone are matters for the Irish control authorities. Under the Sea Fisheries and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1768, 1773 and 1774 together. On July 22nd, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and I announced our intention to place certain restrictions on trawling activity (that is the operating of trawl or seine nets) by large vessels, that is vessels over 18m in length overall, inside the six nautical mile zone and the baselines, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1769 and 1772 together. On July 22nd, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and I announced our intention to place certain restrictions on trawling activity (that is the operating of trawl or seine nets) by large vessels, that is vessels over 18 metres in length overall, inside the six nautical mile zone and the baselines. From October 2026,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Deputy for her question. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority has provided the below table, displaying data from 2018 up to September 1st, 2025.  Non-human consumption includes the following categories: Animal Feed, Bait, Industrial Purposes, Waste Landing Year Non-Human Consumption Human Consumption 2018 64% ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Deputy for her question. The sprat fishing season generally starts in mid to late Autumn. The introduction of a catch limit on sprat for vessels over 18m in length overall from October onwards allows time to carry out the important legal and procedural steps that are required before any management measures can be applied. These include the preparation of the relevant legal...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: In order to provide the most accurate information in response to your request, my Department has sought clarification on the figure of €156 million which you outline in your question . Once received I have asked my Department to reply to you directly. In relation to supports provided to the seafood sector, the Seafood Development Programme co-funded by the Government and the EMFAF...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: My Department owns, operates, develops and maintains six designated State-owned Fishery Harbour Centres (FHCs), located at Castletownbere, Dingle, Dunmore East, Howth, Killybegs and Ros An Mhíl, under statute. My Department also has responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of North Harbour at Cape Clear, as well as the maintenance of a small number of specific piers,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: The EMFAF programme 2021-2027 was prepared by the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine, in co-operation with a wide range of partners and stakeholders as required under Article 8(1) of the Common Provisions Regulation. This included a number of engagements with representatives from Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAG), Producer Organisations, National Inshore Fisheries Forum...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: On an annual basis, my Department completes a Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) to examine the overall impacts the possible fishing opportunities for the following year could have on the sustainability of the fishing sector from a biological, economic and social perspective. The SIA is based on the advice on fish stocks published by the International Council for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: Ireland will hold the six-month Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July to 31 December 2026.   The Programme for Government includes a commitment to resource and deliver a successful EU Presidency.  During the Presidency, Ireland will be responsible for driving the EU policy agenda and advancing work on EU legislative and policy...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: The monitoring and control of fishing vessels within Ireland’s Exclusive Fisheries Zone are law enforcement matters for the Irish control authorities.   Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006, all operational matters concerning sea fisheries control are, as a matter of law, exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1815 and 1816 together. Ireland has committed to reaching national targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2030 under the EU Effort Sharing Regulation. EU climate legislation falls under the remit of the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment. The Effort Sharing Regulation was amended in 2023, to include new national targets that...