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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (25 May 2021)

Marc MacSharry: ...at great expense. There were 46 recommendations. It said the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority was not fit for purpose. Our programme for Government commits to changing and reforming it. The SFPA has unilaterally stuffed the whole industry in the hedge and 16,000 jobs are at risk as a result. Therefore I do not care what legislation is in place since 2005. I will give the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (25 May 2021)

Martin Heydon: ...of shooting the messenger in some of the Deputy's commentary. I bring him back to the point that the decisions being made here relate to EU audits and decisions. The Minister has been advised the SFPA intends to draft a new control plan with delay for consideration by the European Commission. It advised that potentially this draft plan would be applicable to landings of most species,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (25 May 2021)

Marc MacSharry: ...a greater focus on... stakeholder engagement... centrally co-ordinated by the Department of the Taoiseach". On page 70, there is an undertaking to implement the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, capability review, which was carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers and includes 46 recommendations, with a view to "enhancing governance" and considering "any other measures that may be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (25 May 2021)

Martin Heydon: ...set out the strict legal position in this regard. Under the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006, all fisheries control operational issues of this nature are matters exclusively for the SFPA and the Naval Service. The Minister is expressly precluded in the Act from getting involved in any fisheries control operational matters. Regarding the revocation of Ireland's...