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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fisheries Protection (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Ferris: ...are taking on board or the damage they are doing to fish stocks in general. We also do not know what environmental damage they are doing. Factory ships should be obliged to have a member of the SFPA on board at all times.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fisheries Protection (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Ferris: ...his information but the information I have is that these Russian and Icelandic factory ships are operating inside the 200-mile territorial limit. How is the exclusion zone is being policed? The SFPA is not policing it because it does not go out that far. Is the Department depending on the Naval Service to police the area? On the Norwegian agreement, will the Minister to confirm that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fisheries Protection (13 Feb 2019)

Martin Ferris: ...waters. It is my understanding that it has negotiated for 250,000 tonnes of blue whiting and the trade-off for that works out at around 30 tonnes of cod for the Irish fishing fleet. The SFPA will claim that it is monitoring the situation but how can it monitor factory ships that are working at between 150 and 200 miles off the coast? Staff of the SFPA are sitting in an office in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: ...on the vessel. It is essential that if vessels are operating in Irish waters, and given the concern that exists, observers must include somebody from the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, or a similar body, which would have responsibility for the jurisdiction and protection of fish there. A programme was shown in Holland about people on board one of those vessels, which have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: BirdWatch Ireland (1 Dec 2015)

Martin Ferris: ...north-west coast. In the case of someone who is trying to survive and eke out a living with a very limited quota and who is being hounded day and night by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, which is supposed to do its job, it is difficult to have the necessary commitment to bring about the conservation that is necessary in the long term for the future. In itself, that creates...

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Martin Ferris: Has the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, searched those boats? Is the Taoiseach aware that the Margirisis banned from fishing in Australian waters?

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Martin Ferris: Has the SFPA searched the vessel, the same as it does Irish vessels every day across the coast? Will the Taoiseach confirm this or otherwise? Has the SFPA searched these vessels?

Topical Issue Debate: Fisheries Protection (8 Jul 2014)

Martin Ferris: ...to the weather or because they are unable to get their logs in on time. They could be minor misdemeanours. What I find impossible to understand is that there is a requirement under EU law for the SFPA to carry out more inspections on a person with a history. I think that is disgraceful. We are not talking about people who have done anything terribly wrong. They may be slightly over...

Topical Issue Debate: Fisheries Protection (8 Jul 2014)

Martin Ferris: On 28 June, for the second time in a month, the same fishing vessel was arrested and brought in by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA. As the Minister knows probably better than I, Kilmore Quay is a small fishing village whose entire vibrancy and economy are built around the small fishing sector. Whether it is the number of people employed, both onshore and offshore, or the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Martin Ferris: As overseers of the SFPA, would we not be entitled to see that legal advice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Martin Ferris: ...regard to what has been presented today. The witnesses stated their priority is to have a system which minimises subjectivity. The implementation of these rules is subjective and it is up to an SFPA officer to decide whether an offence is serious or not. A person's livelihood is determined by the subjectivity of the officer in question. In many areas there has not been a very good...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised)
(2 Jul 2013)

Martin Ferris: Subhead C8 relates to the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority. There is an increase of a little over €1 million. Has there been an increase in personnel in the SFPA or is it capital spending?

Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Sub-Committee on Fisheries: Aquaculture and Tourism: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Apr 2013)

Martin Ferris: ...never been properly addressed. If we had an adequate quota we could develop an infrastructure and industry that would be of great benefit to Ireland as a whole and, in particular, to coastal communities. On the SFPA, we have had our difficulties with it in the past. I am taking the delegates at their word that matters have improved greatly. It was stated that there is a great deal...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (19 May 2009)

Martin Ferris: ...from them in the first instance; and that very little action is being taken against non-Irish vessels which are flouting the law in this regard, in comparison to the attention focussed by the SFPA and neighbouring vessels on Irish boats, despite the fact most of the vessels operating in Irish waters are from other EU countries and most illegal fishing is carried out by boats from these states.

Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Martin Ferris: In another instance a 60 year old woman was alone in a house that was raided by members of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, and the Garda.

Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Martin Ferris: I will stand by the people of west Cork and south Kerry who are being criminalised by the SFPA-----

Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Martin Ferris: The SFPA is destroying the livelihoods of decent and honest people.

Order of Business (19 May 2009)

Martin Ferris: I tabled questions in the House last week about the SFPA and I have still not received a reply.

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