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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Directives (15 Jun 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ...will not be in the position to meet or to take on board financially. It is ludicrous and I ask the Minister of State to convey this message, not alone to the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, which is the enforcer in this country, but also to the European Commission. As another example, recently in Castletownbere, three large Spanish trawlers landed probably about 100,000 tonnes...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Directives (15 Jun 2021)

James Browne: ..., and the Commission put forward a concrete and specific package of measures to address the issues raised. Many of the issues arising in the administrative inquiry are operational matters for the SFPA and, under statute, the Minister is precluded from getting involved in them. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has commenced a process of engagement with the EU Commission...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Directives (15 Jun 2021)

Denis O'Donovan: ...species than the Irish have. We have been totally unrepresented. The Minister, through the Commissioner and the Commission, must stand up for the rights of these fishermen. To say that the SFPA will do its job is grossly unfair. Why is the SFPA not in places like Castletownbere and Dingle, and other ports like Killybegs or Ros an Mhíl, weighing the fish brought in by the French...