Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 February 2022
175. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he took to protect Irish fishing waters and fishing stocks when the Russian navy announced planned naval exercises in international waters off the Irish coast. [6683/22]
View answerResponsibility for safety at sea is the responsibility of the Department of Transport and from a fisheries perspective, this matter was primarily a safety matter. That Department issued an advisory Marine Notice in relation to these exercises and I asked my Department to circulate the Marine Notice to fisheries contacts in other Member States.
Officials from my Department assisted in coordinating with other relevant Departments, including the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Transport, as the situation evolved.
