Results 61-80 of 358 for sfpa

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Island Communities (14 Dec 2017)

Michael Creed: ...amp;amp; initiatives. NIFF members are now included on a number of fisheries consultative structures including the Quota Management Advisory Committee, the Industry Science Fisheries Partnership, the SFPA Consultative Committee, the EMFF Operational Programme Monitoring Committee and BIM/Bord Bia Market Advisory Group. This gives the inshore sector a role in making recommendations on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Communities (12 Dec 2017)

Michael Creed: ..., emerging policies & initiatives.NIFF members are now included on a number of fisheries consultative structures including the Quota Management Advisory Committee, the Industry Science Fisheries Partnership, the SFPA Consultative Committee, the EMFF Operational Programme Monitoring Committee and BIM/Bord Bia Market Advisory Group.  This gives the inshore sector a role in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Funding (12 Dec 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...provided funding towards the cost of purchase and upgrade of these aircraft. My officials together with the Naval Service and the Air Corps are working closely with the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), who are the competent authority on this matter, in relation to Brexit. However, the implications, as they relate to air and sea surveillance along the Irish Coast, of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (7 Dec 2017)

Michael Creed: ...Sea Fisheries Policy & Management Division of my Department, is responsible for corporate governance oversight of the Marine Institute (MI), Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the independent Aquaculture Licensing Appeals Board (ALAB). The oversight role of the Department in this respect is to ensure that each of the marine agencies is and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (6 Dec 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

James Browne: 199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 361 of 14 November 2017, if his Department, the SFPA or the Naval Service intervened or gave advice on the trawler seen in Wexford Harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52083/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: ..., to be able to sustain huge boats, rather than having the large number of small and medium size boats that our industry is, in large, characterised by. The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, is the critical agency and the Naval Service is important in terms of boardings. For example, in 2016 we had 18 inspections and we have had 30 to date in 2017. I understand that three...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (28 Nov 2017) See 1 other result from this answer

James Browne: 496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 361 of 14 November 2017, his Department's protocol for advising the SFPA of reports of illegal fishing boats in Irish waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50431/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Vessel Licences (16 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: ...Regulation” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 404/2011 of 8 April 2011 as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1962 of 28 October 2015. Regulation 6(3) referred to above provides that "The SFPA may issue guidance notes, which shall be published on its website on the internet, for the purpose of providing practical guidance in identifying the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (14 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: ...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.  I am precluded from getting involved in operational matters including in relation to law enforcement.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (14 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: ...Sea Fisheries Policy & Management Division of my Department, is responsible for corporate governance oversight of the Marine Institute (MI), Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) and the independent Aquaculture Licensing Appeals Board (ALAB). The oversight role of the Department in this respect is to ensure that each of the marine agencies is and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (14 Nov 2017)

Paul Kehoe: The Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 establishes 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 around Ireland.  To this end, the SFPA has a Service Level Agreement with the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Vessel Licences (8 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: ...the criteria and guidance notes referred to in Regulation 6(3)." Regulation 3 also provides that “Commission Regulation” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 404/2011 of 8 April 2011 as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1962 of 28 October 2015. Regulation 6(3) referred to above provides that "The SFPA may issue guidance notes, which...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas (7 Nov 2017)

Michael Creed: ...the National Inshore Fishermen’s Forum, 1 member of the Fish Producers and Exporters Association and 1 member of the Fishing Co-Operative Association), the Department and the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA). The whitefish quotas are generally managed on the basis of catch limits set for each month.  At the July 2017 monthly QMAC meeting, industry representatives...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (3 Oct 2017)

Michael Creed: ...Protection Authority and the Naval Service.  As Minister I am precluded from getting involved in operational matters including in relation to law enforcement.  I have passed on your request to the SFPA for direct response.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2017) See 5 other results from this debate

Mary Butler: ...non EEA crew members, thirty-nine (39) had the required letter of approval and ninety-five (95) did not. In line with the MoU, details relating to these non-EEA crew members were forwarded to the SFPA for onward transmission to the WRC. That is exactly what it states. I call Mr. Conway.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (13 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: ...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.  I am precluded from getting involved in operational matters including in relation to law enforcement. In relation to the access so called...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Brexit Issues (11 Jul 2017)

Paul Kehoe: ...at this stage to anticipate the implications including the impact on fishery protection requirements. My Department, together with the Naval Service and the Air Corps are working closely with the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), who are the competent authority on this matter, in relation to Brexit. Ongoing liaison with the European Fisheries Control Agency and with other Member...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry Data (6 Jul 2017)

Michael Creed: Figures for fish landings in Ireland are retained by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority(SFPA), Ireland's competent authority for Seafood Safety and Sea-Fisheries Protection. I have asked the SFPA to send the requested landings figures directly to the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report of Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority: Discussion (27 Jun 2017) See 15 other results from this debate

Pat Deering: From the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, I welcome Dr. Susan Steele, chairperson, and Mr. Andrew Kinneen and Mr. Micheál O'Mahony, authority members. I thank them for coming before the joint committee to brief members on the SFPA's annual report for 2015. I bring to their attention that witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2017)

...the licensing system being open to abuse. That is surprising because the representatives who appeared before the committee during the previous session, from the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, were not able to establish whether the mussel boats we had mentioned to them had fishing licences. We knew quite clearly that the UK mussel boats did not have fishing licences. The...