308 Deputy Christy O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of fishing fines and offence notices issued to boats operating out of Cork based ports during the years 2004 to 2009, inclusive, with a break down on the type of offence by year. [47440/09]

309 Deputy Christy O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of fishing fines and offence notices issued to boats operating out of Irish ports during the years 2004 to 2009, inclusive, with a break down on the type of offence by year. [47441/09]

310 Deputy Christy O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of fishing fines and offence notices issued to non-Irish boats operating in Irish waters during the years 2004 to 2009 inclusive, with a breakdown on the type of offence by year. [47442/09]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 308 to 310, inclusive, together.

These are matters for the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), an independent authority, which was established under Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 on January 1st 2007. The Act clearly provides that the Authority is independent in the exercise of its functions and as such I have no remit as to its work programme or its strategic deployment of resources. I have, however, asked the SFPA to reply directly to the Deputy.