Results 61-80 of 5,685 for speaker:Pat Gallagher in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (8 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: The pier in question is owned by Donegal County Council and its repair and maintenance is the responsibility of the local authority in the first instance. Funding of €624,057 was provided to Donegal County Council by the Department in 2000 to 2003 for pier improvement works at Portmore Pier, Malin Head. The county council has submitted an application for further funding for pier improvement...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (8 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: During 2001 and 2002 the Department, with the assistance of consultants, developed proposals for a deepwater quay and ferry terminal at Rossaveal Fishery Harbour Centre. The project was brought to planning stage at that time but was shelved due to budgetary constraints. In 2004, the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and this Department agreed to co-fund the ferry terminal...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (10 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: The British-Irish Agreement Act 1999 extended responsibility for the management and development of inland fisheries in the Carlingford area to the Loughs Agency of the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission. It also conferred on the agency responsibility for, inter alia, the development and licensing of aquaculture in the Foyle and Carlingford areas and provided that legislation would...

Written Answers — Salmon Fishing Licences: Salmon Fishing Licences (10 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Under the Fisheries Acts, the regional fisheries boards are responsible for the issuing of commercial salmon fishing licences. As the Deputy will be aware, drift net salmon fishing around the coast is now confined to a two month period in June and July each year on a four day week basis. I am advised by the regional fisheries boards that it is normal practice to issue drift net licences, upon...

Written Answers — Coastal Erosion: Coastal Erosion (10 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Responsibility for coast protection rests with the property owner whether it be a local authority or a private individual. In July 2002 the Department requested all coastal local authorities to submit proposals, in order of priority, for consideration in the context of the 2003 to 2006 national coast protection programmes. Waterford County Council submitted proposals in respect of ten...

Written Answers — Aquaculture Development: Aquaculture Development (10 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: A review of aquaculture operations in Ardgroom Harbour is being undertaken with a view to ensuring that longlines deployed for the cultivation of mussels are compliant with licence requirements and configured so as to optimise navigational safety and minimise visual impacts. The Department, in conjunction with Bord Iascaigh Mhara, is examining various proposals and the aim is that, in the...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (15 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Dingle Harbour operates under the 1946 Harbours Act whereby commissioners are appointed to manage the port. Dingle Harbour commissioners have sought designation of Dingle as a fishery harbour centres, so as to rank among the fishery harbour centres, which are 100% funded by the Exchequer, to which the Fishery Harbour Centre Acts 1968 to 1998 apply. The designated fishery harbour centres are...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (15 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: I propose to take Questions Nos. 282 and 284 together. I have met the representative of the Irish South and East Fishermen's Organisation on a number of occasions since my appointment as Minister of State. I met representatives of the fishing industry, including a representative from the Irish South and East Fishermen's Organisation, for detailed discussions on 20 December, in advance of the...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (15 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: I propose to take Questions Nos. 283 and 285 together. It is important to set out the background to the issues arising for the scallop fishing sector. The main scallop fishery has traditionally been off the south-east coast of Ireland and fishing effort has been increasing since the mid-1990s. There are serious concerns about the state of the scallop stock in Irish waters where fishing effort...

Written Answers — Fishing Vessel Licences: Fishing Vessel Licences (15 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: The Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003 transferred responsibility for the licensing of sea-fishing boats from the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to the Licensing Authority for Sea-Fishing Boats which operates on an independent basis subject to criteria set out in that Act. The licensing authority implements general licensing policy in accordance with policy directives...

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (15 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: The Port of Waterford Company operates under the Harbours Acts 1996 and 2000. Under the Acts, the primary function of the company is the management, control, operation and development of its harbour, ensuring that its revenue is sufficient to meet its expenditure. In the light of this statutory requirement, the company informs me that it has been conducting a review of its non-core assets to...

Written Answers — Port Development: Port Development (16 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Consideration of the application made by the Dublin Port Company is ongoing and officials from the Department will be meeting with representatives of the Dublin Port Company in the near future to discuss this and other matters.

Written Answers — Harbour Authorities: Harbour Authorities (16 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: The Harbours Act 1946 provides the legislative basis for the membership of harbour authorities. Section 7(2) provides that the membership of those harbour authorities which are outlined in Part II of the First Schedule, which includes Sligo Harbour Authority, shall consist of the following eleven members: four members appointed by the local authorities; two members appointed by the chamber of...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (17 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Under the Fisheries Acts, primary responsibility for the conservation, protection and development of inland fisheries rests with the regional fisheries board, in this case the Eastern Regional Fisheries Board. I am advised by the chief executive officer of the board that there have been no significant fish kills on the main Liffey channel in the past three years according to the records of...

Written Answers — Coastal Erosion: Coastal Erosion (17 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Funding of €2.882 million is allocated to the Department in 2005 in respect of coastal protection works. The programme of works for the year is under consideration at present.

Written Answers — Harbour Authorities: Harbour Authorities (17 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Issues relating to pension arrangements for Dublin Port Company employees and former employees are dealt with under the company's superannuation scheme. I do not have any function in regard to the administration of the scheme.

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (17 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: The National Salmon Commission is an independent statutory body established under the Fisheries (Amendment) Act 1999 to assist and advise the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources on the conservation, management, protection and development of the national salmon resource and, in particular, in relation to the national wild salmon and sea trout tagging scheme regulations....

Written Answers — Fishing Licences: Fishing Licences (17 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Under section 68 of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959, the issuing of permit charges for angling is an operational matter for the relevant regional fisheries board, in this instance the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board. This is not something in which I, as Minister of State with responsibility for the marine, have any function. I am advised that all of the revenue generated by the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (22 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: My Department's responsibility in this matter relates to the foreshore licence aspect only. The conditions of the draft licence which the Department is prepared to recommend for my approval were sent to Clare County Council's consultants on 1 February and the Department is still awaiting confirmation of the council's agreement to them. Assuming a positive response is received from the local...

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (22 Feb 2005)

Pat Gallagher: Subsequent to making an application to the Department for a foreshore licence for the Cheekpoint waste water treatment plant, Waterford County Council discovered that, due to increasing siltation problems, the storm water overflow pipe would not have worked effectively at the location originally proposed for it. Consequently, the local authority put revised proposals, involving relocation of...