Results 21-40 of 46 for sfpa speaker:Thomas Pringle

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: Discussion (11 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...that within two months a new procedure will be in place, which is very optimistic. It will be a year or a year and half, probably, before it happens. How soon will the interim measures the SFPA is putting in place be in place? That is vitally important. They should be in place, I believe, within the next month or so to run until the period during which this will be accepted. When will...

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020): Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2020)

Thomas Pringle: ...to it. Many fishermen do not believe they can ever get a fair hearing from the Minister, the Government or the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The Department and the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, are part of the problem as well. There is no sense among the fishing community that they will get a fair hearing from the Department or the SFPA. That is the...

Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Thomas Pringle: ...the proverbial hits the fan? We do not know how much fish Northern vessels catch in Irish waters or how much fish Irish vessels catch in Northern waters yet we have a Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The SFPA is unable to answer queries about how much fish is affected by this. That is the nature of this Government and...

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2018: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2018)

Thomas Pringle: ...is simply amazing, really, that the Department would allow this to happen. Surely the Department knows how vessels are sold and tonnage is split up, or indeed the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA. Yesterday the Department said that it had nothing to do with enforcement or criminal applications within the procedure. The SFPA obviously has sole responsibility, so it should know...

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: In terms of fish caught in waters around Ireland, the SFPA polices the Irish boats but who polices the boats from Spain, Belgium, Portugal, the UK, Germany and so on? Those boats catch fish in Irish waters but land their fish in their own countries. Is the Department happy that-----

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: 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...

Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)

Thomas Pringle: ...implementing this new statutory instrument because there was no consultation with fishing organisations. I do not think there was any consultation with the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, on the new regulation before it was signed in to law. During this hiatus period with the caretaker Government, this House is not in a position to address any of the concerns about that or to...

Topical Issue Debate: Common Fisheries Policy (27 Jan 2016)

Thomas Pringle: ...the committee I have raised the issue of points that were issued to a Danish fishing vessel last year, and which the Danish authorities refused to allocate to the vessel when it was notified by the SFPA. This issue was raised in the committee in 2014. I asked whether the points system would come into effect in every coastal state at the same time and whether we were sure that a non-Irish...

Topical Issue Debate: Common Fisheries Policy (27 Jan 2016)

Thomas Pringle: ...heart of how the statutory instrument that introduced the penalty point system was brought through the House. SI 3/2014 established the penalty point system and the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, is the body responsible for their implementation. It was introduced in the House and passed without any debate or discussion. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and...

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

Thomas Pringle: It is the towing away of fishing gear by these vessels. It is a civil criminal matter rather than a matter for the SFPA. On receipt of such a report, how would gardaí interview the masters of these vessels when they stay offshore and do not land into Irish ports? Could they be asked to come in? These are major questions on how this is policed and we can do that as a member state....

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

Thomas Pringle: When the penalty points were issued to the Danish vessel in the Irish Sea during the summer, the Danes said they would not allocate them to the vessel and that was the end of it. The SFPA had to take it up with the Commission. At what point does the Department, as policy maker, become involved in ensuring that these policies are working?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: BirdWatch Ireland (1 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: ...states to carry out and to recognise such enforcement activity. An incident occurred last summer in the Irish Sea in which a Danish vessel was boarded by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, and the Naval Service and was judged to be fishing illegally or engaging in illegal activity and was allocated penalty points under the penalty point regime. However, the Danish Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries Sustainability Impact Assessment: BirdWatch Ireland (1 Dec 2015)

Thomas Pringle: There have been instances where a Spanish boat has landed into an Irish port and is inspected by the SFPA and everything is above board. At its next landing in Bilbao in Spain, nobody hears anything about it or what happened. When the boat comes back to the Irish port the next time, everything is above board again. There is that problem in terms of enforcement and access to information...