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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (11 May 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: ...hooks and lines will be set out in a Fisheries Management Notice for May. - The fishery is to be closed by Fisheries Management Notice for the month of May when the Department has been advised by the SFPA that 150 tonnes has been taken. - Remaining quota to be allocated across June and subsequent months. Recommendations on per vessel catch limits for June and subsequent months to be made...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 May 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Thomas Pringle: ...of St. Catherine's Vocational School in Killybegs to the Visitors Gallery. Recently, we have seen fish being landed in Derry for processing in Killybegs. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, has now removed the permission to land there, presumably because it is not a recognised EU port. The Northern Ireland protocol supposedly treats the Six Counties as inside the EU. Does...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Pearse Doherty: There has been widespread outrage at the actions of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Agency, SFPA, in Killybegs over recent weeks. These actions have cost the local fishing community a huge amount of income and many workers have lost their livelihoods. It has forced some fishing vessels to turn away from Killybegs, never to return, and others have turned fish for human consumption into fish...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...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. The landing data requested by the Deputy is compiled by and available...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am currently considering the designation of further ports for landings by UK vessels registered in Northern Ireland and I have asked the SFPA to examine the possibility of extended opening hours where feasible.  The current ports designated and the opening days and times for those ports were decided to allow for Northern Ireland registered vessels to continue to land into Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (26 Apr 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: I am currently considering the designation of further ports, including Dunmore East, for landings by UK vessels registered in Northern Ireland and I have asked the SFPA to examine the possibility of extended opening hours where feasible. The current ports designated and the opening days and times for those ports were decided to allow for Northern Ireland registered vessels to...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Apr 2022)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...is punishing fishermen more and more. As we speak, a Norwegian vessel has been forced to land in Derry rather than Killybegs because of a decision of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA regarding the blue whiting on that vessel and on another vessel from Denmark. The whiting is for human consumption and is destined for places like west Africa. It is a really important and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022) See 3 other results from this debate

Pearse Doherty: ...Ireland and other State agencies, and which are employing individuals, that are at risk if this practice that is happening in Killybegs continues with the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA. The companies are in dispute as to how fish should be weighed when it comes onto the pier. We have a particular issue with whitefish. Whitefish has to remain in water. Otherwise it cannot...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Bodies (23 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...Jurisdiction Act 2006, these vacancies have recently been advertised under open competition arrangements by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) . As details of other vacancies within the SFPA is a matter for the SFPA, I have forwarded the Deputy's question to SFPA for direct response in that regard.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: .... The amendments would require in effect that the Minister would have to set up a register to cover all masters from all EU member states and then that the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, would have to assign points to masters who are citizens of other member states. In this regard it should be noted that the Bill provides that points assigned to a master who is a national of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The independent review of the Organisational Capability of the SFPA was commissioned by the SFPA in 2019 and completed in April 2020. The report which was submitted to the SFPA  made 46 recommendations which, when fully  implemented, will address issues identified to improve the organisational effectiveness of the SFPA.  I look forward to the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (1 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...vessels greater than or equal to 36.58m (120 feet) in length are also precluded from fishing in Ireland's 12 mile zone. Ireland's control authorities, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service, are responsible for the monitoring and control of fishing vessels, including large fishing vessels targeting pelagic stocks, in our Exclusive Fisheries Zone to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulatory Bodies (22 Feb 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: ...relationships, officials at all levels of my Department discuss a range of matters on a regular and routine basis with officials from the three marine agencies; Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) and the Marine Institute (MI) in relation to a variety of ongoing issues. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction, Act 2006, the Sea Fisheries...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (22 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...are exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and the Naval Service. I am expressly precluded from getting involved in operational matters such as those referred to by the Deputy. The SFPA has advised that no Irish national masters resident in Ireland have been assigned points by it under the administrative points system provided for under Council Regulation (EC) 1224/2009...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (15 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The question asked by the Deputy concerns operational matters that are the responsibility of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), accordingly I have forwarded the Deputy's question to SFPA for direct response.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (15 Feb 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...will be applicable until end April 2022.   The Plan will be formally adopted by way of a Commission Implementing Decision, the publication of which is expected in the short term.  I am advised by the SFPA that the Plan be published following the publication of such a Commission Implementing Decision.  I therefore suggest that the Deputy contact the...