Results 1-20 of 46 for sfpa speaker:Thomas Pringle

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: Just to be clear about the reporting structures in terms of when they make their landings, it is up to the SFPA to follow up on that. It is also up to the SFPA to follow up with a member state if it is not receiving the information.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: That is grand. The representatives go on to state there is a risk of non-compliance with the audit form and that the SFPA was not sufficiently robust either. What was the fault of the SFPA in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I thank Dr. Steele and the other members of the SFPA for attending here. I would like to read one paragraph of the document they submitted to the committee and ask a question. It states: ... commission identified that the operators did not have in place a "weighing system fit for purpose" and the audit identified manipulation of weighing systems. Moreover, although aware of these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...over the past number of weeks. The Minister mentioned control measures etc. that have been discussed at the North Western Waters Regional Advisory Council. Would it be possible for the SFPA or the Naval Service to ask these vessels to come closer to shore to allow an inspection where it is safe to do so? Is that not something that would be within the control suite of measures that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I am aware of that. On weighing scales on the pier, the representatives stated they had heard nothing back from the industry on offering ownership of that and so on. Does the SFPA take a view on who the owners should be? If the industry came back and said it wanted Joe Bloggs to operate this machine, will the SFPA accept Joe Bloggs will do it or does it say he is too close to the industry?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Thomas Pringle: ...it was safe to inspect factory ships at sea. Should we have a system of asking the vessels to come into safe waters for inspection? Is it a feasible request? The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, 2014 document that has been distributed to members indicates there were 1,457 fishing vessel inspections. Is there a breakdown of how many of those vessels were Irish and how many were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the members of the SFPA for their presentation. Penalty points have become accepted throughout the country with regard to driving offences. It is a concept which people can understand. I agree with much of what Deputy Ferris stated on the difficulties faced by the fishing industry with regard to keeping itself going and people continuing to make a living. I have some concerns...

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: The SFPA has to see what comes from the industry, if anything does. On the landings, one of the problems in Killybegs is that blue whiting going for human consumption requires different handling than if it is going for fishmeal and so on. It makes a big difference to the crews as regards wages because blue whiting for human consumption is of significantly greater value when it goes to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations: Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (11 Mar 2014)

Thomas Pringle: There are no procedures in place for the SFPA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The SFPA advised me that it only has a quota for horse mackerel in Irish waters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: The SFPA has given the wrong information in that case when I queried the operations of the vessel. I will leave it at that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)

Thomas Pringle: ..., the Department is not interested in how fishing is policed, whether it is accurate or what is caught by other European countries. All of that is up to the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 May 2018)

Thomas Pringle: Does that mean that there would not be time to invite the SFPA to come before us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: On the basis of that audit, the SFPA was not doing its job properly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: As I said, the SFPA was not doing its job properly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Grand. On the 5% of bulk pelagic landings or 7.5% of fish quantity that is required to be weighed - I presume it is 5% of landings - if that 5% has been reached, is that the end of SFPA inspections? Does it weigh 10%, 20% or 30% of landings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I understand that, but once the SFPA has reached the 5% that has to be weighed on the pier, the requirement has been met.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Is 5% only a guideline and not a figure the SFPA wants to achieve?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Weighing of Fisheries Products: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: If at the end of every year, 100,000 tonnes of pelagic has been landed and the SFPA has checked 5,000 tonnes of that, it is in compliance as far as-----