Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 October 2017
456. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections carried out in the 2016-17 season of vessels pair trawling inshore within Irish coastal waters inside six nautical miles; the results of these inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41244/17]
View answerThe monitoring and control of fishing vessels within Ireland’s Exclusive Fisheries Zone are matters for the Irish control authorities. Under the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006, all operational issues of this nature concerning sea fisheries control are, as a matter of law, exclusively for the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority and the Naval Service. As Minister, I am precluded from getting involved in operational matters including in relation to law enforcement.
I have passed on the Deputy's request to the SFPA for direct response.
