Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Question 841: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that on the night of 12 January 2008 and the afternoon of 13 January 2008, during dangerously inclement weather when winter storms were battering the harbour walls at Kilmore Quay, County Wexford, fishermen who had given notice to fisheries officers of their intention to land their catch were forced by those officers to keep their vessels outside the harbour until the required four hour notice period had fully elapsed; if that compliance with the four hour rule takes precedence over safety considerations; if she will take steps to ensure that incidents such as those complained of by Kilmore Quay fishermen are not repeated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1578/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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This question is a matter for the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, which is a statutory body independent of me and my Department.