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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...

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

Pat Gallagher: The Department provided funding of €33,000 for Mayo County Council in 2002 towards the cost of the report entitled, An Assessment of Piers, Harbours and Landing Places in County Mayo.

Written Answers — Land Reclamation: Land Reclamation (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357 and 359 together. Several leases and licences have been granted over the years to Dublin Port Company under the Foreshore Acts. However, the application by the company for consent to the proposed reclamation of an area in Dublin Bay was made in accordance with sections 10 and 13, as amended, of the Foreshore Act 1933, on the basis that the company claims...

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: In 1998, 2000 and again in 2004 the Department commissioned consultants to prepare an inventory of current and projected future capacity of Ireland's commercial ports. The most recent study which takes into account economic growth projections and looks at capacity up to 2014 found that while there were likely to be surpluses of capacity at certain ports, there were also going to be...

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (14 Jun 2005)

Pat Gallagher: The Government's ports policy statement which I launched in January 2005 addressed, among other things, the issue of future seaport capacity requirements. When launching the ports policy statement, I indicated that one of the key challenges ahead was the timely provision of adequate in-time port capacity. As an initial step, the Department has sought information from the commercial ports...