Results 12,401-12,420 of 13,214 for speaker:Pat Gallagher

Lost at Sea Scheme. (15 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: I cannot confirm whether the Department has a list of all fishing vessels lost at sea. No doubt, it has a list of those reported to have been lost at sea. However, it became more important to have vessels on the register in recent years when the tonnage became a very valuable asset. If I can obtain that information, I certainly will. I can answer questions generally. If there are specific...

Lost at Sea Scheme. (15 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: ——and the idea was a good one. Unfortunately, the issue of state aid raised its head. We have been in discussion with the Attorney General's office for some time and I have asked the assistant secretary to meet the Commission in Brussels this month to try to resolve the difficulties involved. We are providing a reasonable amount of money to various counties to assist them and give them...

Lost at Sea Scheme. (15 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: I never wish to mislead the House. For that reason I emphasise that whatever is in the Department will be made available. I am well aware of the vessel to which the Deputy referred. I was one of the first on the scene when the news broke. I presume he is referring to the vessel that went aground off Cloughglass in our constituency as well as all the others. After a vessel is lost at sea or...

Fishing Industry. (15 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Since January, officials of the Department and I have held a number of meetings with fishermen and processors from the south east who are engaged in the scallop industry. I am keenly aware of the problems facing this sector which are not related solely to fishing effort limits but also to additional challenges posed by high fuel costs and the impacts of implementing the mandatory EU safety...

Fishing Industry. (15 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: A moratorium was introduced in 1999 on the basis that the kilowatt days to be introduced subsequent to that would be based on 1998 to 2002 period. The kilowatt days available this year are somewhat similar to the 2002 figure. I understand the point made by Deputy Perry that the fleet has grown since 2002, particularly in 2003. The moratorium was placed on the acceptance of applications and in...

Fishing Industry. (15 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: The Deputy obviously pre-empted my reply. I am not in the business of buying time. After 24 years in this House I am not in the business of trying to deceive anybody. I was dealing with the facts of 2003 and the decision did not result from December of last year. There should be no ambiguity about that and December this year will not resolve it either. It is something which we all bought into...

Fishing Industry. (15 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: I have asked Padraig White to consider all these factors. As an indication of the urgency with which this matter is being treated, I spoke to the fishermen and Friday and Saturday and Mr. White was in the south east on Monday and yesterday to familiarise himself with the situation. I look forward to receiving his report and hope we can eventually reach a satisfactory conclusion. I am aware of...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: The position in relation to the provision of funding for Doonbeg Pier is as outlined in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 250, dated 26 April 2005.

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Seafield Pier, Quilty is owned by Clare County Council, and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with the local authority in the first instance. The Department has not, to date, received an application from Clare County Council to upgrade and dredge silt from the slipway at Seafield Pier, Quilty. The question of providing funding for the works in question will depend on the...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: The management of the salmon and trout tagging scheme is the responsibility of the Central Fisheries Board and the regional fisheries boards. It has not been possible within the time available to gather the information sought by the Deputy from the boards. I have, however, asked the chief executive of the Central Fisheries Board to compile the information sought by the Deputy for the years in...

Written Answers — Fishing Vessel Licences: Fishing Vessel Licences (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: In the event of the sale of a fishing boat entered on the fishing boat register, the former owner is required to apply to have the vessel removed from the register. Upon de-registration, the former owner retains the entitlement to the capacity of the vessel. The capacity of the vessel in question is subject to these provisions in the same way as any other fishing boat. However, it should be...

Written Answers — Fishing Vessel Licences: Fishing Vessel Licences (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: A capacity assignment form is available from the licensing authority for sea-fishing boats, Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Leeson Lane, Dublin 2.

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Under Irish legislation, measures are in place which control the movement of oysters and other shellfish from bays around the coast, including Lough Foyle, in line with the requirements of EU fish health regulations. The Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources is engaged in detailed discussions with the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture and Rural Development...

Written Answers — Fishing Vessel Licences: Fishing Vessel Licences (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: All fishing vessels greater than 10 m are required to keep a European Communities fishing logbook on board the vessel. Commission Regulation 2807 of 1983 did grant an exemption to those fishing vessels of between 10 m and 17 m that make fishing voyages of a maximum duration of 24 hours. However, that exemption was rescinded by Article 1 of Commission Regulation 1965 of 2001. European...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Lecanvey Pier is owned by Mayo County Council, and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with the local authority in the first instance. The Department co-funded with Mayo County Council and the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs a report entitled, An Assessment of Piers, Harbours and Landing Places in County Mayo. Lecanvey Pier is identified in that report as...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Portaleen Pier in Glengad is owned by Donegal County Council, and responsibility for its repair and maintenance rests with the local authority in the first instance. Donegal County Council recently submitted an application to upgrade the existing crane at Portaleen Pier in Glengad at an estimated total cost of €33,000. The question of providing funding for the works in question will depend...

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: An application was made in October 1998 to purchase or lease an area of foreshore at Rathmullen to provide extra car parking spaces for a proposed restaurant extension. Consideration of the application was deferred until the application for planning permission for the proposed development had been determined, as it is more appropriate that the necessary consent under the planning process be...

Written Answers — Marine Safety: Marine Safety (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: The Port of Waterford Company informs the Department that it has made no decision regarding the future of the pilot boat service.

Written Answers — ESB Conservation Measures: ESB Conservation Measures (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: I propose to take Questions Nos. 351 to 354, inclusive, together. I am advised that the ESB commissions a brown eel monitoring programme on the Shannon under the scientific direction of NUI Galway. The purpose of that programme is to ensure that eel stocks are monitored and conserved in accordance with best practice. The ESB has no commercial interest in the disposal of any eels caught as...

Written Answers — Wild Salmon Stocks: Wild Salmon Stocks (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: The latest scientific advice that I have received on Irish wild salmon stocks is that provided by the standing scientific committee to the National Salmon Commission in November 2004, which I understand was widely disseminated at that time. This advice and a full description of how it is formulated is reproduced in the Irish wild salmon fishery fact sheet which is available on the...