Results 1-5 of 5 for sfpa speaker:Micheál Martin

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Fisheries Protection (20 Jun 2023)

Micheál Martin: ..., and down time for ships' companies. In relation to its sea-fishery protection role, the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 established the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) as the competent Authority for securing efficient and effective enforcement of sea fisheries protection legislation and the sustainable exploitation of marine fish resources from the waters...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Naval Service (23 Mar 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...will not affect its ability to fulfil its current maritime security and defence commitments, including commitments provided under the current service level agreement with the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA. To counter recent recruitment trends, military management is progressing its proposed recruitment strategy for 2023 and beyond. In addition to ongoing general service and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Fisheries Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Micheál Martin: Ireland's control authorities, the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the Naval Service, are responsible for the monitoring and control of fishing vessels in our Exclusive Fisheries Zone to ensure compliance with the rules of the Common Fisheries Policy. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006, all operational issues of this nature concerning sea-fisheries...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...of fishery products which had been submitted. We received that Commission implementing decision revoking the approval of the Irish control plan submitted for the weighing of fishery products. The SFPA must now respond to that. This is a very serious issue for all the fishers. One of the reasons I was in Union Hall and Castletownbere was to witness at first hand the impact of this...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)

Micheál Martin: I will meet representatives from the fishing industry next week on a broad range of significant issues that face the industry. I am not in a position to direct the SFPA because of legislation passed in this House which separates the executive function from the operational enforcement obligations on the SFPA.