Results 301-320 of 2,304 for speaker:John Browne
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (21 Feb 2006)
John Browne: Permission under the Planning and Development Acts is not required for offshore wind farms. A person who proposes to carry out such a development must, however, apply for a lease under the Foreshore Acts in respect of the area concerned. An application for a foreshore lease for a proposed offshore wind farm must be accompanied by detailed plans and drawings and an environmental impact...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (21 Feb 2006)
John Browne: As previously advised to the House, the enforcement of the European and national regulations prohibiting the taking of undersized and v-notched lobsters forms part of the inshore fisheries conservation work routinely carried out by the Department's sea fisheries protection officers. The Department is in the process of recruiting additional sea fishery officers and this will no doubt result in...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (21 Feb 2006)
John Browne: The ban on the use of deep water gill-nets requires the removal of such nets from the areas covered by the ban by 1 February 2006. The Naval Service is responsible for policing the ban within the Irish exclusive fisheries zone, EFZ, and monitors fishing activity in this zone to ensure the banned gear is not deployed. New EU rules came into force on 1 January 2006 which require that gill-nets...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (21 Feb 2006)
John Browne: All tender competitions conducted by the Marine Institute observe Government procurement guidelines. The Marine Institute was successful in tendering for the following research projects: 2002 1.Biological Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms off the West Coast of Ireland (in partnership with NUIG and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, USA 2.Isolation and purification of...
- Written Answers — Research Vessels: Research Vessels (21 Feb 2006)
John Browne: The running costs, including shore technical support costs and overheads such as insurance etc., for both vessels, as set out in the reply to the Deputy of 4 October 2005, were met from the Exchequer grant-in-aid to the Marine Institute. However, of the costs of â¬5,015,471 â 2004 operating costs â the following amounts were offset from EU sources: Celtic Explorer Celtic Voyager ...
- Written Answers — Marine Institute: Marine Institute (21 Feb 2006)
John Browne: No recent evaluation of the two research vessels has been carried out either by the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources or by the Comptroller and Auditor General. The question of carrying out such evaluations is kept under review.
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (22 Feb 2006)
John Browne: I am advised by the Eastern Regional Fisheries Board that it issued 26 commercial wild salmon and sea trout fishing licences for the Dublin district, comprising the area from Skerries to Wicklow Head and including Dublin Bay, in 2005. This comprised ten drift net and 16 draft net licences. I understand licence holders can fish throughout the district, in accordance with the conditions of...
- Seanad: Natural Gas Grid. (22 Feb 2006)
John Browne: I thank Senator Jim Walsh for his kind words and for raising this matter on which I welcome the opportunity to speak to Members. Bearing in mind today's debate and my response to the debate on energy issues in this House last Thursday, it is reassuring that Senators have demonstrated a robust interest in energy matters generally. The Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources,...
- Seanad: Comhairle Elections. (22 Feb 2006)
John Browne: I thank the Senator for raising this issue and will respond on behalf of the Minister for Education and Science, who is in China signing an agreement on the mutual recognition of qualifications between Ireland and China. Comhairle was first established in March 2002 and is composed of a chairperson and 22 representative members. Membership of the council was agreed in 2001 following...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (28 Feb 2006)
John Browne: The information sought by the Deputy is contained in EU logbook returns by the vessels concerned, which is submitted to the Department under EU legislation. I am advised by the Attorney General's office that logbook data is personal information and that the relevant legislative provisions on data protection apply. Accordingly, I am not in a position to provide information on a vessel specific...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (28 Feb 2006)
John Browne: The information sought by the Deputy is being compiled and will be transmitted directly to him at an early date.
- Written Answers — Fish Quotas: Fish Quotas (28 Feb 2006)
John Browne: The allocation of north-west herring quota, ICES areas VIaN and VIaS, is distributed to eligible vessels with the required licensing entitlements in accordance with long-established ratios that are related to both vessel length and fleet category. This fishery takes place in both the spring and the autumn and a portion of the available national quota is allocated, normally on a fortnightly...
- Written Answers — Fishing Vessel Licences: Fishing Vessel Licences (28 Feb 2006)
John Browne: Under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003, the functions of sea-fishing boat licensing and registration were transferred from the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to the licensing authority for sea-fishing boats which operates on an independent basis subject to criteria set out in that Act. All applications for sea-fishing boat licences are considered by the licensing...
- Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (28 Feb 2006)
John Browne: The Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, being the official agency for the regulation of the food safety of live bivalve shellfish and fishery products, carries out regular inspections on all approved production establishments. A total of 12 premises were audited by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland for compliance with recall and traceability standards. Following the...
- Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (28 Feb 2006)
John Browne: Originally, an indicative budget of â¬30.476 million was identified for the tourism and angling recreational measure under both the Border, midland and western and the southern and eastern regional operational programmes of the National Development Plan 2000-2006. The launch of the measure was delayed pending State aids clearance from the EU Commission, which was received in March 2002. A...
- Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (28 Feb 2006)
John Browne: The Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission is a North-South Implementation Body established under the Good Friday Agreement and through the British Irish Agreement Act 1999. Its remit is, inter alia, to conserve, protect, manage and develop the inland fisheries resources of the Foyle and Carlingford areas. It also has responsibility for the promotion of development of the two loughs....
- Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (1 Mar 2006)
John Browne: The Mullet Peninsula project group was set up in 2001 by the then Minister for Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Fahey, as a pilot project to devise a strategy for the development of sustainable marine based tourism in the Mullet Peninsula, County Mayo. The project was allocated a budget of â¬127,000 for 2002, of which this Department was to provide some â¬32,000. The balance of funding...
- Seanad: Marine Accidents. (1 Mar 2006)
John Browne: I thank Senator Higgins for raising this issue and for his kind remarks. Following consultation with the fishing industry representative organisations, the fishing vessels lost at sea scheme was introduced in June 2001. The purpose of this scheme was to enable qualifying applicants, who were otherwise unable to do so for financial or related reasons, to provide replacement capacity for the...
- Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (2 Mar 2006)
John Browne: The views of the fisheries board were passed to this Department in mid-February. I have not yet had an opportunity to fully examine and consider the views expressed by the board but hope to be in a position to do so soon and to respond in the not too distant future.
- Seanad: Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Second Stage. (2 Mar 2006)
John Browne: The Minister had to leave as he has a meeting with the EU Environment Commissioner, otherwise he would be here to respond. I thank Senators for their contributions. Although I was not in the House, I listened to some excellent and some fiery contributions. That has been the tone of debate since the Bill was published. There has been 20 to 25 hours of debate between the other House and this...