John Perry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the statistics regarding the level of penalties imposed for fishery offences here were not included in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19888/05]

Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The statistics to which the Deputy refers were required to be included in the report to the European Commission by reference to individual instances of the rules of the common fisheries policy having been seriously infringed. Ireland's data could not be broken down into that level of detail. The data available to the Department did not give a breakdown of the penalty imposed by the court for individual infringements in a case where a vessel was convicted for more than one infringement.

The Department has been in consultation with the Attorney General's office to arrange for more detailed records to be kept, in order that Ireland can contribute more fully to future reports.