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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

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...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: I am aware that this matter is being dealt with by the SFPA, which the Deputy referred to. This issue has been the subject of engagement through the consultation committee between the SFPA and the local industry that the Deputy mentioned. I was not aware this matter would be raised. I appreciate it is an important matter. While the SFPA is an independent body of Government and,...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Pearse Doherty: ...this issue. My final point on this is that it was the subject of a High Court ruling. We know that the Commission's rule is clear, in that it can be either the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, that oversees the weighing of fish - currently, it performs spot checks on 5% of the total catch - or it can be done by a third party. The industry, which developed this machine at great...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (6 Apr 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: Killybegs is an important anchor for our maritime sector. The SFPA is independent of the Government, but it sounds like the Deputy has raised an important matter. I will ask for an update on it. My departmental officials have put a great deal of work into this section because the issue had been raised by the sector with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. We knew that we...