Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is headed by the three person SFPA Management Authority consisting of the Executive Chairperson and two Authority members.

The SFPA is an independent regulatory agency as set down in the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006. The SFPA is by statute independent in the exercise of its functions and as Minister I have responsibility for policy formation, resource allocation and corporate governance oversight only.

I am in contact with the Executive Chairperson by phone or at events such as the opening of the Dinish Wharf extension in Castletownbere in February and the opening of the SFPA's new port office in Greencastle last year.

Under the 2006 Act, the Authority is required to provide assistance and information to the Minister in relation to its remit under the Act.