Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a fisheries issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14759/23]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The monitoring and control of fishing vessels within Ireland’s Exclusive Fisheries Zone are matters for the Irish control authorities. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues of this nature concerning sea fisheries control are, as a matter of law, exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and the Naval Service.

As Minister, I am precluded from getting involved in operational matters including those referred to by the Deputy. Accordingly, I have referred the Deputy’s queries to SFPA for attention and direct reply.