Fishing Industry

767. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of existing Special Areas of Conservation or Special Protection Areas where bottom trawling has been excluded, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71461/25]

515. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that Ireland's fish quotas are fairly reallocated for 2026 at the December Fisheries Council meeting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71161/25]

516. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of rent his Department has collected from commercial units within fisheries harbour centres under the remit of his Department in the first 11 months of 2025; and how rent rates are determined within FHCs. [71288/25]

274. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has programmes in place to ensure effective communications and English language skills are taught to non-Irish fishermen in safety training; if his Department will consider implementing such a programme; the measures in place to ensure that safety protocols and training are understood by non-Irish …

162. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason traditional fishermen have been excluded from conservation planning while international trawlers continue to overfish with impunity, despite UN FAO warnings that 35% of global marine stocks are exploited unsustainably. [70979/25]

466. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will recognise the heritage value of draft net fishing, which dates back to licences granted in the 1800s in estuaries such as those in County Mayo. [69999/25]

178. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason no appropriate assessment screening and/or Natura impact statement was published for the current public consultation on the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2025 and Conservation Measures for the 2026 season, considering that this documentation is vital for inspection b…

179. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason Lough Corrib SAC is moving from having a harvestable quota of wild salmon in 2025 to full 'catch and release' angling for the 2026 season, considering his comments on 9 October 2025 stating that the Corrib catchment has a sizeable stock of wild salmon to meet its natural reproductive capacity and does…

180. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether Lough Corrib anglers can be prosecuted for removing invasive pink salmon (oncorhynchus gorbuscha) without gill tagging from the lake in 2026, considering that no blue gill tags will be distributed with the 2026 Galway district salmon licence under current draft proposals; and if he will make a statement …

181. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason Lough Corrib and its tributaries will be exempt from the 'salmon angling bye-law' for the forthcoming season, as referenced in an information note published alongside the draft 2026 wild salmon and sea trout tagging scheme regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68974/25]

182. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the use of minnow (phoxinus phoxinus) is deemed to be a permissible dead bait under the Waterford Fisheries District (River Barrow) Angling Limitations during Salmon Spawning Run Bye-law (No. 1011) 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68977/25]

122. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had discussions at EU level regarding Ireland’s total allowable catches for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66612/25]

135. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the programme for Government commitment to publish a five-year Fisheries Sector Strategy that will include an examination of the processing sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66125/25]

166. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if we will engage with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the way in which a financial support scheme will be designed to ensure that the heritage and tradition of inshore fishing can be maintained in coastal communities. [66247/25]

460. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to request an emergency meeting with his EU counterparts to address the cuts to Ireland's fishing quotas, especially the proposed cut of 70% to Ireland's mackerel quota in 2026, following on from previous cuts of 26% in 2024 as a result of Brexit, 22% in 2025; his views on whether these cuts will have a devastating …

729. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure that onboard electronical monitoring is implemented on all factory ships and any and all other large foreign trawlers that enter Irish waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65536/25]

730. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take into consideration the importance of reopening a fishery (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65546/25]

732. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether Ireland intends to apply for port listing for our pelagic sector under the newly agreed EU Commission; if, in light of comments made by the executive chairperson of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority at an Oireachtas committee meeting on 18 November 2025, there has been a failure on the part of h…

736. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he would consider directly contacting all EU member states’ ambassadors, including all non-coastal states, to convey to them the crises within the Irish fishing and processing sectors; if he would further outline the damage that third country coastal states are doing by fishing above their agreed shares; …

739. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland intends to apply for port listing for our pelagic sector under the newly agreed EU Commission similar to listings already achieved by Denmark and Latvia; if there has been a failure on the part of his Department to take any action to date (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the m…

742. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports his Department is providing, and will provide, to the fishing industry in light of recommended quota reductions for 2026. [66283/25]

743. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to ensure the viability of Ireland’s sea fishing sector. [66284/25]

744. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to ensure that fish caught in Irish waters are processed in Ireland. [66285/25]

875. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure that Ireland’s mackerel quota is not reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63705/25]

1393. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal questions regarding the future licensing of salmonid hatcheries within the jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58962/25]