Fishing Vessel Safety

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 4 February 2021

Thursday, 4 February 2021

Ceisteanna (245)

Pádraig MacLochlainn

Ceist:

245. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and his Department will re-engage with a person (details supplied) to examine possibilities to compensate as a result of stability issues which were discovered on a vessel that they purchased from another European state rendering the vessel unfit for sea and unsafe and which left them in serious financial hardship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6115/21]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

I am aware of the very unfortunate situation of the person named. 

The purchase of a fishing vessel is a private commercial transaction between the vendor and the purchaser with the responsibility for ensuring the authenticity of the details of the vessel being purchased resting with the purchaser.

The core issue here relates to the safety and safety certification of the vessel purchased. My Department has no function in relation to the safety certification of Fishing vessels.  The safety of fishing vessels, including matters relating to stability, is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.