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Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (20 May 2010)

Brendan Smith: ...in customs legislation for imported foods to undergo 'substantial transformation' to assume the origin of the country where that processing occurred. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is responsible for verification of accurate labelling in seafood establishments up to but not including retail. Such checks including accurate origin labelling, are incorporated into ongoing...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry: Fishing Industry (6 Oct 2011) See 1 other result from this answer

Simon Coveney: ...of its functions. I have no role in the matter. However, I understand that data on landings is not collected by reference to distance from shore. I have referred the Deputy's question to the SFPA for direct response. Data on catches by non-Irish vessels are primarily a matter for the Member State of registration of the vessel, whether landed into Ireland or elsewhere.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Jul 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...and Development Subsumed into Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine – Horse Racing Ireland €47.4m €45.8m Marine Institute €24.2m €24.2m Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) €11.3m €10.2m Teagasc €126.2m €132.2m

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Landing Obligation Update and Fishing Fleet Management: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (30 Jun 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...a final question on enforcement, something that will become an issue, particularly when other countries are involved. In recent days, stories have emerged of a Danish pelagic trawler to which the SFPA issued penalty points, but the Danish authorities refused to apply those points to the trawler's licence. How will enforcement, including of landing obligations, be handled in such...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Licences (20 Mar 2018)

Michael Creed: .... Under European food safety law, harvesting of shellfish, such as cockles, for placing on the market must only take place from classified production areas.  The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is Ireland's competent authority for the classification of live bivalve mollusc production areas.  I have no role in relation to this process and, by law, the SFPA is...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (28 Jul 2020)

Dara Calleary: ...Zone are matters for the Irish control authorities.  Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006, all operational issues of this nature concerning sea-fisheries control are, as a matter of law, exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service.  The issues arising in the administrative inquiry are primarily operational matters...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (8 May 2013)

Simon Coveney: ...Minister for Health. The FSAI carries out its enforcement function through “service contracts” with official agencies. These official agencies include the Sea Fishery Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Health Service Executive (HSE). The SFPA is an independent body under the aegis of my Department. It carries out, on an ongoing basis, a range of official controls on...

Written Answers — Naval Service Patrols: Naval Service Patrols (21 Apr 2010)

Tony Killeen: ...and other duties while on patrol. On any given patrol day, the Naval Service can carry out a number of taskings on behalf of other state agencies such as the Sea Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA), an Garda Síochána and the Customs Service of the Revenue Commissioners. The SFPA is Ireland's competent authority for seafood safety and sea fisheries protection. Officials from the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (9 Jun 2015)

Simon Coveney: ...bye-law. In the event that it remains on the Statute book, it’s enforcement under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, is a matter for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Oct 2022)

Catherine Murphy: I wish to comment on the accounts of the SFPA. It would be worthwhile if we wrote to the Department on this matter. It is the kind of situation that could result in fines if not addressed. Things tend to happen at the 11th hour, but there is a bit of time to do something about it now. I assume that this also affects conservation matters. Could we write to the Department? It might set...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (1 Jun 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...Mhara Oireachtas.queries@bim.ie Marine Institute   Oireachtas.queries@marine.ie Sea Fisheries Protection Authority oireachtasqueries@sfpa.ie Greyhound Racing Ireland (Rásaíocht Con Éireann ) oireachtasqueries@grireland.ie Horse Racing Ireland ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (8 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: ...,431 KW days for 2018 (when a deduction for fishing in excess of available effort in 2017 of 5777 KW days was taken into account). At the Quota Management Advisory Committee on 23 October last, the SFPA provided that crab effort uptake in the Biologically Sensitive Area (BSA) was at 77.73%. By 30th October, the Department received notice from the SFPA that the uptake figures had...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)

Denis O'Donovan: ...m long; it is one of the biggest super trawlers ever to fish in Irish waters and concerns about it have been raised nationally and elsewhere in Europe. A former Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, officer is deeply concerned about the damage it can do to Irish stock. Conservation groups are also concerned about the damage it can do to whale and dolphin numbers because it can hoover...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Michael Collins: Now we have been led into a catch weighing crisis that is out of all proportion, as the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, and the Minister now accept. They knew about it in December and did not acknowledge it to the industry until April. I am asking for a debate on this issue today. It is a serious issue. The fishermen of Ireland will protest tomorrow in massive numbers. This can...

Written Answers — Public Sector Remuneration: Public Sector Remuneration (2 Feb 2012)

Simon Coveney: ...State Body Salary Teagasc €160,082 Bord Bia €160,082 National Milk Agency (NMA) €85,845 Marine Institute €146,221 Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) €129,512 Sea Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA) €110,844 Coillte €297,024 Irish National Stud (INS) €133,419 Bord na gCon €155,000 Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) €190,773

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (22 Jun 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Charlie McConalogue: ...premises expenses (Capital) 19,158 C.4 Development of Agriculture and Food 7,900 C.10 SBCI loan scheme 21,372 D.6 SFPA * 2,616 * Increase in SFPAs pay budget for additional staffing requirements was primarily Brexit-related.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Communications (25 Mar 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: ...2. Bord Iascaigh Mhara Oireachtas.queries@bim.ie 3. Marine Institute? Oireachtas.queries@marine.ie 4. Sea Fisheries Protection Authority oireachtasqueries@sfpa.ie 5. Rásaíocht Con Éireann oireachtasqueries@grireland.ie 6. Horse Racing Ireland ...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Oct 2010)

Brendan Smith: ...and did not come under the aegis of my Department until late 2007. The annual budgets for this body for each of the years concerned are: 2007 2008 2009 2010 Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) €10,954,0001 €13,296,000 €10,853,000 €11,324,000 As a non-commercial body, the question of turnover does not apply to this agency. 1. (€5,983,000 from the Department of...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (16 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: Responsibility for ensuring the efficient and effective enforcement of sea fisheries law rests with the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) as established by statute on the 1st of January, 2007. The Authority is an independent body and will, as tasked by law, enforce all relevant national and European regulations. Quota management arrangements which determine the quantity of a...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (8 Jul 2008) See 1 other result from this answer

Brendan Smith: Since the establishment of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) on 1 January 2007, the provision of the information requested is a matter for that Authority, which is a statutory body independent of me and my Department. In relation to 2006 and prior to the establishment of the Authority, the information requested is set out below. Non Irish fishing vessels Details Number...