Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will correspond with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and Marine having reviewed the Island Heritage Bill 2017; when it can be expected that Committee Stage of this Bill will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9685/23]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Bill to which the Deputy refers is the Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017, a Private Members’ Bill first introduced to the Dáil in 2017. It seeks to create a specific system for licensing island fishers to conduct small-scale coastal fishing activities and would provide regulatory powers for this purpose.

I am in the process of finalising my reply and will forward to the Committee clerk in the next couple of weeks.