Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Question 227: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department received applications for registry of a ship (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact and if he will explain the reason a certificate of registry was not issued from 1999 when the current owners purchased the vessel, thereby making legal fishing impossible; the basis on which the provisions of S.I. No. 245 of 2005 and S.I. No. 464 of 2005 were not applied in relation to registration of this vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41870/06]

John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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All matters relating to the Licensing of individual Sea Fishing vessels are a matter for the independent Sea Fishing Boat Licensing Authority established under the Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Act 2003. However, I have been informed by the Authority that their records show that the individuals concerned applied to have their vessel registered in May 2000 and a Certificate of Registry issued to them in July of that year. A second Certificate was issued to the individuals in 2005 as a result of a re-measurement of the vessel.