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Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...in the House many times. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority has put a revised fisheries control plan out to public consultation. Following the conclusion of that public consultation, the SFPA will submit a new control plan to the EU for approval. On the situation post Brexit, the interim report of the task force, to which several Deputies referred, was presented to me in recent...

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...fishing in English waters, despite this being discussed for three years in advance of the deal. The fiasco of the weighing system, including how it has been dealt with by the Department and the SFPA, is telling. Rather than deal with supposed wrongdoers, why do the SFPA and the Department damn the entire industry? Surely the right approach would be to deal with the problems and let...

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Michael Collins: .... Nobody has answered any about the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority. It is an authority of its own. It misled us in the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I was there. The Minister told me afterwards that he and the SFPA knew there was a weighing crisis in December. Why was the fishing industry not informed of that crisis until 5 p.m. on 16 April 2021?...

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Verona Murphy: The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, is one of a number of quangos responsible for the operation and regulation of our fishing industry. Based on what I have seen and heard in recent weeks, it may possibly be the most inaccurately named quango ever formed in this State. From its name, one would think that its main aim was to protect the fishing industry, but if one was to describe...

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Johnny Mythen: ...de-iced, handled individually and then re-iced for transport to the factory is anti-fisher and ludicrous, especially when fishers and factory owners have no objections to thorough oversight by the SFPA within factories. The Government needs to start backing up the fishers now. As matters stand, these plans are unworkable, unproductive and will force many fishers, particularly smaller...

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...dul ag teacht ar réiteach agus nuair a dhúisigh muid ar maidin cé a bhí thíos leis ach muid féin. Deirtear linn go bhfuil ciste fhóirithinte ann. Céard air atá muid ag caint leis sin? Ag rá le hiascairí gan dul chun farraige? Cuimhnigh gur sin a táimid ag rá. Táimid ag insint dóibh fanacht sa bhaile agus gan...

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: ...this facility returned in order to generate additional economic activity. The crews of the British and Northern vessels want it to return to prevent them from having to sail to Howth or Cork. The SFPA, which would be responsible for overseeing any landing requirements on a limited-hours basis, has said it would not require any additional capacity to carry out the functions required. I...

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: ...soul and fire and passion. We have ground and time to make up and we need to fight hard for our interests at European level. That is critical. I refer to the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA. My God, if anything represents what is going on in fishing communities and what has gone wrong for so long, it is the performance of the SFPA. As the Minister is aware, PwC did an...

Fisheries and Coastal Communities: Statements (17 Jun 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...need to look after it. We cannot neglect it. I implore the Minister, the Government and the State to step up to the mark. Another point made at the protest related to the outrage at the removal of the control plan. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Agency, SFPA, came before a meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine and failed to answer questions on the removal of that...