Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 December 2012
279. Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 30 June 2009, if he will provide the names and addresses of 1,171 applicants for the salmon hardship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55664/12]
View answerIn 2009, the number of commercial salmon fishing licences available for issue was governed by the Control of Fishing for Salmon Order, 2009 (S.I. No. 142, 2009). Licences were issued then by the Regional Fisheries Boards, now Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). I am advised that a total of 149 commercial salmon licences were issued in 2009. A further 28 licences have been issued by the Loughs Agency in respect of the Foyle area under the provisions of the Foyle Area (Control of Drift and Draft Net Fishing) (Amendment) Regulations 2007.
The Salmon Hardship Scheme was established following the cessation of the interceptory mixed stock fishing for wild salmon. The scheme was administered at the time, on behalf of my Department, by Bord Iascaigh Mhara and by the Loughs Agency in respect of the Foyle area.
The detailed information sought by the Deputy is not held in the records of my Department. However, I am arranging for a copy of the Deputy’s question to be conveyed to Bord Iascaigh Mhara and the Loughs Agency for direct reply to the Deputy.
