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- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (12 Oct 2006)
John Browne: The independent group has not as yet submitted its final report, but I expect that it will be delivered shortly. Until such time as the report is presented to Government, I am not in a position to comment on its recommendations or implementation.
- Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)
John Browne: I welcome the opportunity to address the House in support of the motion about the recently published energy Green Paper, Towards a Sustainable Energy Future for Ireland. In particular, I welcome the terms of the motion which recognise the social and economic importance of energy policy. This motion puts energy policy in its rightful place, at the forefront of our development as an economy...
- Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)
John Browne: Our ocean energy strategy is aimed to position us at the cutting edge of development involving research and development, prototype testing and commercialisation targeted for 2020. Bio-energy is another renewable area where we have the potential to make a significant difference to our energy mix. Bio-energy is energy from crops, trees, sawdust, and by-products such as tallow, farm wastes and...
- Seanad: Energy Resources: Motion (11 Oct 2006)
John Browne: There is no gas in Wexford either.
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (10 Oct 2006)
John Browne: Primary responsibility for measures to control the ecological impact of invasive species on freshwater ecology and native species and their implications for compliance with the Water Framework Directive rests with my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. I can assure the Deputy that the State Agencies under the aegis of the Department of Communications,...
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (10 Oct 2006)
John Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 371 and 372 together. Greystones Harbour is owned by Wicklow County Council and responsibility for its maintenance and development rests with the local authority in the first instance. In 2004, under the Department's Coast Protection Programme, funding of â¬52,500 was provided to Wicklow County Council towards the Coastal Protection Site Investigation works...
- Written Answers — Fishing Vessel Licences: Fishing Vessel Licences (4 Oct 2006)
John Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 271 to 273, inclusive, together. The position is that all Irish fishing vessels engaged in commercial fishing activities are required to be appropriately licensed and registered as such. In early September 2006, on foot of a joint Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and Naval Service patrol, a number of the vessels operating in the Lough...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (4 Oct 2006)
John Browne: In line with the requirements of EU regulations, under Irish legislation, measures are in place, which provide for the control of movements of shellfish from bays around the coast. Following the detection of bonamia ostrea in Lough Foyle last year, specific controls were put in place on movements of shellfish from the lough by SI 500 of 2005. In addition, a comprehensive range of...
- Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (3 Oct 2006)
John Browne: 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 titled 'An Assessment of Piers, Harbours and Landing Places in County Mayo'. Lecanvey Pier is identified in that report as...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (3 Oct 2006)
John Browne: Under the Voisinage Agreement the mussel seed fishery in Ireland is managed on an all-island basis. On advice from a joint advisory committee, I authorise mussel dredging by Irish Registered Fishing vessels in Irish waters and waters around Northern Ireland for the purpose of ongrowing on aquaculture sites. The joint advisory committee, comprising representatives from the Department of...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (3 Oct 2006)
John Browne: The position is that all Irish fishing vessels engaged in commercial fishing activities are required to be appropriately licensed and registered as such. In early September 2006, on foot of a joint Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and Naval Service patrol, a number of the vessels operating in the Lough Swilly Wild-Oyster fishery were found not to be correctly...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (3 Oct 2006)
John Browne: The Lough Swilly Wild Oyster Fishery is regulated by the issue of oyster fishing licences by the Northern Regional Fishery Board on an annual basis. Approximately 30 operators are licensed to fish for wild oysters within the Lough. The Department has received reports of encroachment by some oyster fishermen into a licensed aquaculture site within the Lough. The allegations have been...
- Written Answers — Aquaculture Licences: Aquaculture Licences (3 Oct 2006)
John Browne: Following a review of aquaculture licences in Dungarvan the Department identified a number of licensed areas which were poorly maintained. The relevant licence holders, including the person to whom the Deputy refers, were advised in writing that their licence could not be renewed unless they undertook remedial action in respect of the maintenance and tidiness of their sites. The Department...
- Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (28 Sep 2006)
John Browne: I have no function in this matter. The reports to which the Deputy refers are, I presume, those produced by the Environmental Protection Agency, which operates under the aegis of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
- Written Answers — Marine Research: Marine Research (28 Sep 2006)
John Browne: I am advised by the Marine Institute, which has responsibility for the research programmes undertaken by the research vessels, that Celtic Voyager spent 158 days at sea from 1 January 2006 to 1 September 2006, and Celtic Explorer spent 223 days at sea during the same period. The following fisheries research projects were undertaken by the two vessels during that period: Celtic Voyager...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (28 Sep 2006)
John Browne: The suggested potential conflict of interest to which the Deputy refers is in the first instance predicated on the assumption that Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) was to be temporarily located in the West Cork Technology Park. There is not at this point, nor was there any decision at the time referred to in the question, to temporarily base BIM in the West Cork Technology Park. Any issues of...
- Written Answers — Fishing Vessel Licences: Fishing Vessel Licences (28 Sep 2006)
John Browne: The Licensing Authority for Sea Fishing Boats has informed me that an application for a polyvalent licence was received from the individual concerned on 12 December 2005. The Authority issued a written offer, outlining all the conditions pertaining to the issue of a licence, on 5 January 2006. All the licensing conditions were satisfied following receipt of the individual's written...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (27 Sep 2006)
John Browne: Primary responsibility for the management, conservation, protection and development of inland fisheries is a matter for the Fisheries Boards in this case the Eastern Regional Fisheries Board. The Board is aware of the increased interest in angling along the Tolka and advises that, through its Dublin Angling Initiative, they have provided introductory courses to game, coarse and sea angling...
- Written Answers — Coastal Protection: Coastal Protection (27 Sep 2006)
John Browne: Expenditure on coast protection in the period 2000-05 was â¬35.508 million. This year â¬3 million Exchequer funding is allocated for works at a number of locations around the coastline. In addition, in August of this year, I secured an additional allocation of â¬1.718 million for urgent coastal protection projects. In 2005 a new Coastal Development Measure, co-funded with the Department...
- Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (27 Sep 2006)
John Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 853 and 864 together. An application from Dublin Port Company for approval under the Foreshore Acts for the proposed reclamation of an area of some 21 hectares of foreshore was made to the Department in March 2002. Since then, Departmental officials have held periodic discussions with Dublin Port Company's management regarding issues arising from the...