Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Question 493: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the recent positive objectives achieved at EU level, if he will report on the progress of the establishment of the marine strategy entitled Our Ocean Wealth. [30922/12]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The European Council recently adopted a partial common approach on the Common Fisheries Policy Reform. This is a separate matter to the national initiative which is underway to develop a integrated marine plan for Ireland, known as our "Ocean Wealth". The first step in developing this was to draft and publish the document "Our Ocean Wealth". That was then the subject of a major public consultation which was carried out over recent months and is now complete. The results of the consultation will help inform the plan, which is currently being drawn up by the Marine Institute and the Departments represented on the MCG, an inter-departmental Coordination Committee convened by the D/Taoiseach that I chair. The aim is for publication later in the summer.