Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 March 2017
688. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 15 February 2017, the way he can claim that his Department's regulatory function is separate from its industry development function when both functions operate within the fisheries and marine section of his Department. [11504/17]
View answerParliamentary question no. 250 of 15 February 2015 asked which division of my department has responsibility for governance of the Marine Institute and the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority.
The answer provided was that the Sea-fisheries Policy and Management Division of the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine has responsibility for oversight of Corporate Governance of the Marine Institute & The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority.
The Marine Institute and the SFPA operate completely in accordance with the legislation under which they were established. My Department equally operates completely within its responsibilities under law. If the Deputy thinks otherwise I will, of course, address any query she may have.
