John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the additional inspection and enforcement measures he intends to introduce to ensure compliance with the new Common Fisheries Policy; if the Department of Finance has agreed to allocate the additional resources for these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19927/05]

Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has taken a number of initiatives to ensure compliance with the new Common Fisheries Policy. These include the additional use of information technologies and a comprehensive review of the human resources required to ensure the delivery of an effective system of control. Following the review it is accepted that additional resources are required in order to fully implement the new management measures under the reformed Common Fisheries Policy.

My Department has been engaged in detailed discussions with the Department of Finance with a view to securing the necessary additional resources and I am pleased to inform the Deputy that agreement in principle has now been reached. The matter is being actively pursued in order to have these additional resources in place as soon as possible.