Written answers

Tuesday, 14 November 2023

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Fisheries Protection

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports of recent trawling activity by large vessels (details supplied) in and around the Glengarriff Special Area of Conservation site 00090; the details of any permits provided to these vessels to fish in and around the Glengarriff SAC site; the details of any appropriate assessment carried out to ensure that this pair trawling activity observed on 12 October 2023 and 8 November 2023 would not significantly disturb or endanger the species for which the site was designated, or that it would not have other significant impacts on the SAC and protected species such as harbour porpoises and common dolphins which hunt sprat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49975/23]

Photo of Malcolm NoonanMalcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party)
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Sea fishing boat licensing and registration is a function of the Sea Fisheries Administration Division of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Questions in relation to the permitting or licensing of such vessels and their fishing activities are a matter for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

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