Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 16 September 2016
1594. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Irish fishing boats docked in Irish ports for longer than six months per port, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26147/16]
View answerMy Department has responsibility for the management, control, operation and development of the Fishery Harbour Centres located at Killybegs, Ros an Mhíl, An Daingean, Castletownbere, Dunmore East and Howth. Fish landings also take place at ports and piers outside of these centres and these locations are the responsibility of the relevant local authority or in certain cases commercial port companies.
The information sought by the Deputy on the duration of docking of fishing boats is not available in respect of the Fishery Harbour Centres under my Department’s control. Information in relation to Local Authority Harbours and Commercial Ports would be a matter for the Local Authorities and the Commercial Port Company’s respectively.
