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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Michael Collins: Now we have been led into a catch weighing crisis that is out of all proportion, as the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, and the Minister now accept. They knew about it in December and did not acknowledge it to the industry until April. I am asking for a debate on this issue today. It is a serious issue. The fishermen of Ireland will protest tomorrow in massive numbers. This can...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...matters for the Irish control authorities. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues of this nature are exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service. As Minister, I am expressly precluded from getting involved in operational matters such as those raised in the draft report. The SFPA prepared a detailed...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (25 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...matters for the Irish control authorities. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues of this nature are exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service. As Minister, I am expressly precluded from getting involved in operational matters such as this. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) will set out...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Communities (20 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...matters for the Irish control authorities. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues of this nature are exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service. I understand that the SFPA is engaging with industry on relevant matters. A wide range of other issues were discussed at the events including the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulatory Bodies (19 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Sea Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA) commissioned PWC to undertake an independent review of the Organisational Capability of the organisation in 2019. A Steering Group comprised of three senior and expert persons, all independent of the SFPA, was put in place to oversee the review. The principal objective of the review was to contribute to the ongoing and future development of the SFPA....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (13 May 2021)

Simon Coveney: ...drugs interdiction as well as many more. In relation to its sea-fishery protection role, the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 established the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) as the competent Authority for securing efficient and effective enforcement of sea fisheries protection legislation and the sustainable exploitation of marine fish resources from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill, 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2021) See 32 other results from this debate

Michael Collins: ..., with the weighing situation. Fishermen have contacted me from south-west Cork and from along the coastline, all the way to Donegal. Representatives of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, appeared before the committee on 20 April. I think they were either misleading us or they were mistaken because they said they were in consultation with the industry in relation to all...

Europe Day: Statements (11 May 2021)

Michael Collins: ...p.m., the industry was told that everything was normal. At 5 p.m., nothing was normal and a new regime was in place. This is not acceptable behaviour from the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA. Earlier today, representatives of the SFPA told the Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine that they are in negotiations with the industry, but representatives of the industry told...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Common Fisheries Policy (11 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...matters for the Irish control authorities. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues of this nature are exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service. As Minister, I am expressly precluded from getting involved in operational matters such as this. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) will set out...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Fishing Industry (11 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...matters for the Irish control authorities. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues of this nature are exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service. As Minister, I am expressly precluded from getting involved in operational matters such as this. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) will set out...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Fishing Industry (11 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...matters for the Irish control authorities. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues of this nature are exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service. As Minister, I am expressly precluded from getting involved in operational matters such as this. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) will set out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (11 May 2021)

Jackie Cahill: ...members of the committee. Today's meeting is in two sessions. The first session, from 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., will be an engagement with representatives of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, while the second, from 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., will be an engagement with representatives of the Killybegs Fishermen's Organisation, the Irish Fish Producers Association, the Fish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (11 May 2021) See 28 other results from this debate

Jackie Cahill: For the first session on the pre-legislative scrutiny of the sea-fisheries (amendment) Bill 2020, the 2020 PwC review of organisational capability of the SFPA and the European Commission's decision to revoke the Irish control plan for weighing of fishery products after transport, I welcome the following representatives of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA: Dr. Susan Steele,...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Customs Checks and Trade Flows in and out of Irish Ports: Discussion (10 May 2021)

...businesses that will have to comply with these import requirements. Other competent authorities involved with the provision of export certification include the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, the local authority veterinary services and the HSE. In the vast majority of cases, the certification requires an official veterinarian to sign off on the health certificate. We have a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (6 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...matters for the Irish control authorities. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues of this nature are exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service. As Minister, I am expressly precluded from getting involved in operational matters such as this. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) will set out...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (5 May 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...matters for the Irish control authorities. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues of this nature are exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service. As Minister, I am expressly precluded from getting involved in operational matters such as this. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) will set out...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishery Harbour Centres (29 Apr 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Charlie McConalogue: ...years. Nonetheless, it is a strategically important location and, in coming to review it, I will certainly keep that in mind. The point was also made that there is Sea Fisheries Protection Agency, SFPA, infrastructure and offices in place, which is also an important consideration in this regard. I thank the three Deputies and my ministerial colleague, Deputy Butler, for bringing...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (28 Apr 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The SFPA commissioned an independent review of the Organisational Capability of the SFPA   in 2019 and this was completed by Price Waterhouse Coopers. A Steering Group comprised of three senior and expert persons, all independent of the SFPA, was put in place to oversee the review. The principal objective of the review was to contribute to the ongoing and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (28 Apr 2021) See 3 other results from this answer

Johnny Mythen: 1170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will contact the SFPA regarding the administration enquiry report on Irish fishers carried out by it; if he will request that it be made available to the relevant fishers organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22319/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (22 Apr 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...control regulation; the position regarding the current oversight of weighing systems in Irish fish production factories including tamper-proof systems that are observed by direct video link to the SFPA and subject to unannounced inspections by the NSAI at any time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21026/21]