Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 February 2018
95. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on naval surveillance to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in each of the years 2008 to 2017, inclusive. [6994/18]
View answerThe primary day-to-day tasking of the Naval Service is to provide a fishery protection service in accordance with the State’s fishery protection legislation and its obligations as a member of the European Union.
Naval surveillance to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing is an integral part of that role and as such, it is not possible to separate out the cost of surveillance to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing from overall costs in the years 2008 to 2017.
