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Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction (Fixed Penalty Notice) (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 May 2010) See 1 other result from this debate

Jim O'Keeffe: ...the Bill, but on a fantasy bill. We currently have a situation whereby the Naval Service can issue warning letters that have absolutely zero prosecutorial effect. The Minister seems to think the SFPA has the same authority, but it does not have any legal authority to do that. It has one authority, which is to come in with a blunderbuss approach for even the most minor offences. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Development Plan (11 Jul 2018)

Michael Creed: ...will be allocated each year for my Department’s ICT equipment and infrastructure, and Laboratory infrastructure and equipment, for the development of Fisheries Harbours, facilities maintenance and development for Teagasc, Marine Institute, SFPA and BIM, as well as for specific projects with a more limited expenditure timescale.

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (13 Mar 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...Mr Eamonn McEnteggart Mr Padraig Mulligan Mr John O'Callaghan Mr Tony O'Driscoll Mr Frank Tobin Only the Chair receives remuneration of €8,978 per annum Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) 3 Mr Peter Whelan (Chair)Mr Andrew KinneenMr Micheal O'Mahony Full time employed by the SFPA Mr Peter Whelan (Chair)Mr Andrew KinneenMr Micheal O'Mahony Full time employed by the SFPA Mr Peter...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Bodies Data (21 Jun 2018)

Michael Creed: ...is filled Coillte 9 4 0 N/A Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) 14 7 0 N/A Irish National Stud (INS) 7 3 0 N/A Marine Institute 9 4 0 N/A National Milk Agency 14 8 0 N/A Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) 3 ** 0 N/A Teagasc 11 6 0 N/A Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI) 19 (a) Where there is full board membership the quorum is 8. (b) Where there are not more than 2 vacancies on...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Oct 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Collins: ...criminalised. Certainly when rules and regulations are applied anywhere it is always the Irish fishermen who come out the worst. We have seen that happen. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, has been engaged in masses of correcting everything with respect to what it sees as the Irish fishermen doing something wrong. However, foreign trawlers can waltz into and out of our...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (4 Oct 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...the future of our fisheries dependant coastal communities and investment in critical infrastructure will ensure that the seafood industry can operate effectively and be efficiently serviced.  In 2022, according to the latest figures from SFPA, fish landings valued at €16.8m were landed at Ros an Mhíl Fishery Harbour Centre.  When complete the deep water quay project...

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...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 82 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres (16 Oct 2014) See 1 other result from this debate

...where the term of the original lease had expired and renewed leases are being put in place. There are nine properties occupied by marine agencies such as the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, BIM, and the Irish Marine Institute where leases have not been finalised but rent has been agreed and is being paid. We are working towards a complete property...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (25 Mar 2014)

Simon Coveney: ...the Irish control authorities. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, operational issues concerning sea fisheries control are a matter for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service. It is the responsibility of the Control Authorities to monitor and control the activities of fishing vessels which are operating within the Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (27 Feb 2007)

Noel Dempsey: ...2006. We are committed to having a full complement of DCMNR staff in interim accommodation in the town by June this year. In addition, the establishment of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) in January will result in an increase in staff numbers to be relocated to Clonakilty and plans to house the SFPA in interim accommodation in the town by June 2007 are well advanced. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Budgets (30 May 2017)

Michael Creed: ...binding for 2015-2017.  The pay ceiling for the agriculture Group (including the six agencies that come under the responsibility of my Department - Bord Bia, Teagasc, National Milk Agency, BIM, SFPA and Marine Institute) as set out in the delegated sanction arrangements for each of those years was: 2015 - (€m) 2016 - (€m) 2017 - (€m) 231.575 235.297 235.297 My...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Communities (16 Dec 2020)

Charlie McConalogue: ...The strategy is available online at the Inshore Fisheries Forum website, . Last week, I was pleased to have my first meeting with the NIFF, along with representatives from the Marine Institute, the SFPA and BIM. Industry representatives outlined the challenges facing the inshore sector this year. The Programme for Government strongly commits to supporting the inshore community and the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (27 Feb 2018)

Michael Creed: ...Department’s ICT equipment and infrastructure, and Laboratory infrastructure and equipment, for the development of Fisheries Harbours, facilities maintenance and development for Teagasc, Marine Institute, SFPA and BIM, as well as for specific projects with a more limited expenditure timescale.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021) See 2 other results from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: ...free to circulate within the full EU common market. On this basis for any ports designated, Ireland is obliged to ensure that it has in place a meaningful control presence. I have requested the SFPA to review the costs and resource demands arising in the event of further designations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Reform of Common Agricultural Policy and Common Fisheries Policy: Discussion with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (18 Jul 2013)

Thomas Pringle: ...a general point and I am not seeking a debate on it. As regards discards and their removal, one of the factors that will determine whether this is a success will be the attitude adopted by the SFPA and the rules we implement to make this happen in the transition period. It is also linked to the science involved, although the fishermen suspect the scientific evidence. Their evidence at...

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Michael Collins: ...sent to us every night that foreign fleets are fishing our waters quite bravely. We are losing massive amounts of quota. Many fishermen are left mystified as to who is protecting them. Is the SFPA on their side? Is the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on their side? More and more calls are being made for the disbandment of the marine section of the Department and for the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (28 Feb 2017)

Michael Creed: ...Act, 2006, operational issues concerning sea fisheries control - such as the Vessel Monitoring System and the Automatic Identification System - are a matter for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service. The prosecution of infringements which are an offence under national legislation, implementing EU fisheries regulations or otherwise are carried out on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (9 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...enforcement 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 am expressly precluded from getting involved in such operational matters.

Fishing Industry: Statements (19 Jun 2008) See 1 other result from this debate

Michael Creed: ...are required by the Naval Service to achieve this, so be it. The finger of suspicion points uneasily to the Irish fishing community. Regrettably, advertising campaigns embarked upon by the SFPA wrongly strengthened the overall perception that there is a criminal element in the Irish fishing industry. This is wholly wrong and undesirable. The figures the SFPA's representatives showed to...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Common Fisheries Policy (8 Dec 2020) See 1 other result from this debate

Charlie McConalogue: ...-mile, 12-mile and 200-mile zones. Within the 12-mile zone, none of these vessels is allowed to fish. Outside the zone, the standard European rules apply. Our national competence agencies, the SFPA and the Naval Service, are charged with ensuring that there is oversight and implementation of the rules. It is particularly important for large vessels that there is strong oversight, as...