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Lost at Sea Scheme

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 February 2018

Tuesday, 6 February 2018

Ceisteanna (487)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Ceist:

487. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) lost two thirds of their entitlements awarded under the lost at sea scheme when they changed vessel approximately five years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5883/18]

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The Registrar General of Fishing Boats is charged with maintaining a Register of Fishing Boats and with the proper management of the capacity of the Irish fleet.  

The Registrar General advises me that the individual in question was awarded capacity of 85 gross tonnes and 298.44 kilowatts under the Lost at Sea Scheme.

A replacement boat was registered and licensed by the individual in 2004 using 84 gross tonnes and 238 kilowatts of the awarded capacity. The balance of 1 gross tonne and 60.44 kilowatts of off-register capacity expired under the requirements of the two year rule introduced by Part E of Ministerial Policy Directive 2 of 2003, which state that “in future, capacity taken off the Fishing Boat Register must be re-introduced onto the Sea Fishing Boat Register within 2 years of its removal from the fleet register, otherwise the entitlement will be lost to its owner."

The individual subsequently applied to de-register the replacement boat and to register and license another boat in 2015. As the capacity of this other boat is 81 gross tonnes and 230 kilowatts, the individual is currently credited with that amount of on-register capacity. He is also credited with the balance of 3 gross tonnes and 8 kilowatts of off-register capacity which will expire on 3 October 2019 (i.e. removed from register on 3 October 2017) unless it is brought back onto the register by that date.

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