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The PDs' policy contradicted that of the [[Government of the 29th Dáil|coalition government]] (with [[Fianna Fáil]]) of which they were part, and came days before a report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources recommended similar measures. The party was accused of "political opportunism" by the by the [[Green Party (Ireland)|Green Party]] of only taking an interest in the issue in advance of a Government policy shift,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2005/1011/breaking66.html |title=PDs accused of politicking over salmon industry |author=Paul Anderson |date=[[11 October]] [[2005]] |work=The Irish Times |accessdate=2008-02-16}}</ref> and [[Tommy Broughan]] TD of the [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] said "“The PDs had seven years to do something about this and they did nothing. Now they are taking a sudden interest in the issue on the eve of our report coming out."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2005/10/11/story224937.asp |title=PDs using salmon industry survival as 'political football' |date=[[1 October]] [[2005]] |work=BreakingNews.ie |accessdate=2008-02-16}}</ref><ref name="IT-major-shift" /> In a letter to [[The Irish Times]], Dardis &mdash; who is a keen angler,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/opinion/2005/1022/1129901839843.html |title=Drapier: Second-rate FG failing to hold Government to account |work=The Irish Times |date=[[22 October]] [[2005]] |accessdate=2008-02-16 |quote=Senator John Dardis, a solid citizen and a keen angler, has played a blinder on this. His quiet demeanour, brought on by fishing one assumes, should not be underestimated.}}</ref> &mdash; replied that the party had opposed drift-netting since 1999.<ref >{{cite web |url=http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/letters/2005/1013/1127148495963.html |title=PD policy on drift-netting |author=John Dardis |work=The Irish Times letters column |date=[[13 October]] [[2005]] |accessdate=2008-02-16}}</ref>
The PDs' policy contradicted that of the [[Government of the 29th Dáil|coalition government]] (with [[Fianna Fáil]]) of which they were part, and came days before a report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources recommended similar measures. The party was accused of "political opportunism" by the by the [[Green Party (Ireland)|Green Party]] of only taking an interest in the issue in advance of a Government policy shift,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2005/1011/breaking66.html |title=PDs accused of politicking over salmon industry |author=Paul Anderson |date=[[11 October]] [[2005]] |work=The Irish Times |accessdate=2008-02-16}}</ref> and [[Tommy Broughan]] TD of the [[Labour Party (Ireland)|Labour Party]] said "“The PDs had seven years to do something about this and they did nothing. Now they are taking a sudden interest in the issue on the eve of our report coming out."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2005/10/11/story224937.asp |title=PDs using salmon industry survival as 'political football' |date=[[1 October]] [[2005]] |work=BreakingNews.ie |accessdate=2008-02-16}}</ref><ref name="IT-major-shift" /> In a letter to [[The Irish Times]], Dardis &mdash; who is a keen angler,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/opinion/2005/1022/1129901839843.html |title=Drapier: Second-rate FG failing to hold Government to account |work=The Irish Times |date=[[22 October]] [[2005]] |accessdate=2008-02-16 |quote=Senator John Dardis, a solid citizen and a keen angler, has played a blinder on this. His quiet demeanour, brought on by fishing one assumes, should not be underestimated.}}</ref> &mdash; replied that the party had opposed drift-netting since 1999.<ref >{{cite web |url=http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/letters/2005/1013/1127148495963.html |title=PD policy on drift-netting |author=John Dardis |work=The Irish Times letters column |date=[[13 October]] [[2005]] |accessdate=2008-02-16}}</ref>


In November 2006, the government imposed a ban on drift-betting with effect from [[January 2007]], accompanied by a €30m hardship fund. The decision was publicly criticised by the junior minister responsible, [[Pat "the Cope" Gallagher]], whose [[Donegal South West (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Donegal South West ]] was one of the most-important drift-netting area. He said that he did not accept the basis of the scientific report on which the Cabinet had agreed the policy change.<ref >{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/dempsey-stands-by-decision-to-ban-salmon-drift-net-fishing-66862.html |title=Dempsey stands by decision to ban salmon drift net fishing |author=Brian Dowling and Treacy Hogan |work=The Irish Independent |date=[[2 November]] [[2006]] |accessdate=2008-02-16}}</ref> The decision was supported by angling groups, but opposed by sea-fishermen, some 400 of whom marched on the Dáil.<ref name="IT-backlash">{{cite news |url=http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2006/1101/breaking65.html |title=Fishermen warn of backlash over netting ban |author=Eoin Burke-Kennedy |work=Ireland.com |date=[[1 November]] [[2006]] |accessdate=2008-02-16}}</ref> The drift-netters' anger was directed at the Cabinet Minister, [[Noel Dempsey]], with one poster in the village of [[Passage East]] in [[County Waterford]] reading "'Noel Dempsey should be hanged, not Saddam - Fianna Fail Out".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/hang-marine-minister-insist-outraged-salmon-fishermen-67896.html |title=Hang marine minister, insist outraged salmon fishermen |author=Dara deFaoite |work=The Irish Independent |date=[[9 November]] [[2006]] |accessdate=2008-02-16}}</ref>
The governmented then established an Independent Salmon Group to review policy, and the group's report in October 2006 recommended radical measures to halt "the catastrophic decline of Irish salmon stocks", including both a ban drift nets and on on angling for salmon in major rivers including the [[River Liffey|Liffey]], [[River Boyne|Boyne]], [[River Barrow|Barrow]], [[River Nore|Nore]] and [[River Suir|Suir]]. <ref >{{cite web |url=http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2006/1025/1161565747853.html |title=Ban on salmon drift-netting expected soon |author=Stephen Collins |work=The Irish Times |page=1 |date=[[25 October]] [[2006]] |accessdate=2008-02-16}}</ref>
In November 2006, the government imposed a ban on drift-netting with effect from [[January 2007]], accompanied by a €30m hardship fund. The decision was publicly criticised by the junior minister responsible, [[Pat "the Cope" Gallagher]], whose [[Donegal South West (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Donegal South West ]] was one of the most-important drift-netting area. He said that he did not accept the basis of the scientific report on which the Cabinet had agreed the policy change.<ref >{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/dempsey-stands-by-decision-to-ban-salmon-drift-net-fishing-66862.html |title=Dempsey stands by decision to ban salmon drift net fishing |author=Brian Dowling and Treacy Hogan |work=The Irish Independent |date=[[2 November]] [[2006]] |accessdate=2008-02-16}}</ref> The decision was supported by angling groups, but opposed by sea-fishermen, some 400 of whom marched on the Dáil.<ref name="IT-backlash">{{cite news |url=http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2006/1101/breaking65.html |title=Fishermen warn of backlash over netting ban |author=Eoin Burke-Kennedy |work=Ireland.com |date=[[1 November]] [[2006]] |accessdate=2008-02-16}}</ref> The drift-netters' anger was directed at the Cabinet Minister, [[Noel Dempsey]], with one poster in the village of [[Passage East]] in [[County Waterford]] reading "'Noel Dempsey should be hanged, not Saddam - Fianna Fail Out".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/hang-marine-minister-insist-outraged-salmon-fishermen-67896.html |title=Hang marine minister, insist outraged salmon fishermen |author=Dara deFaoite |work=The Irish Independent |date=[[9 November]] [[2006]] |accessdate=2008-02-16}}</ref>


Dardis responded that the government had to act on the scientific advice, and said that "the future of a species that has been central to Irish life has been secured by today's decision".<ref name="IT-backlash" />
Dardis responded that the government had to act on the scientific advice, and said that "the future of a species that has been central to Irish life has been secured by today's decision".<ref name="IT-backlash" />

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John Dardis (born 25 July 1945) is a Progressive Democrats (PDs) politician from County Kildare in Ireland, and a former senator.[1] A retired farmer and former argicultural journalist, he lives in Newbridge, County Kildare.

Family and early life

Dardis was eduacted at the Dominican College in Newbridge and at University College Dublin, where he graduated with a BAgrSc. He is married to Beatrice Lane and has one son, two daughters.[2]

Political career

Dardis served in Seanad Éireann from 1989 until he retired in 2007, being nominated by the Taoiseach in 1989, 1997 and 2002, and elected by the Agricultural Panel in 1992. He was also a member of Kildare County Council for twelve years, representing the Kildare town electoral area from the 1991 local elections until he stood down from the council on the abolition of the dual mandate under the Local Government Act 2001.[3]

He stood for election to Dáil Éireann for the Kildare constituency in the 1992, but was unsuccessful. After the division of the constituency, he stood again in the Kildare South constituency in the 1997 general election and again in 2002, but was defeated on both occasions. He also stood for election to the European Parliament in the Leinster constituency at the 1989 and 1994 elections.[4]

Salmon drift-nets

In October 2005, Dardis launched a PD policy document which advocated a ban on the use of drift nets to catch salmon in Irish waters, and called for "fair and appropriate" compensation for licence-holders.[5] The policy was agreed at the party's conference in Galway.[6][7]

The PDs' policy contradicted that of the coalition government (with Fianna Fáil) of which they were part, and came days before a report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources recommended similar measures. The party was accused of "political opportunism" by the by the Green Party of only taking an interest in the issue in advance of a Government policy shift,[8] and Tommy Broughan TD of the Labour Party said "“The PDs had seven years to do something about this and they did nothing. Now they are taking a sudden interest in the issue on the eve of our report coming out."[9][6] In a letter to The Irish Times, Dardis — who is a keen angler,[10] — replied that the party had opposed drift-netting since 1999.[11]

The governmented then established an Independent Salmon Group to review policy, and the group's report in October 2006 recommended radical measures to halt "the catastrophic decline of Irish salmon stocks", including both a ban drift nets and on on angling for salmon in major rivers including the Liffey, Boyne, Barrow, Nore and Suir. [12]

In November 2006, the government imposed a ban on drift-netting with effect from January 2007, accompanied by a €30m hardship fund. The decision was publicly criticised by the junior minister responsible, Pat "the Cope" Gallagher, whose Donegal South West was one of the most-important drift-netting area. He said that he did not accept the basis of the scientific report on which the Cabinet had agreed the policy change.[13] The decision was supported by angling groups, but opposed by sea-fishermen, some 400 of whom marched on the Dáil.[14] The drift-netters' anger was directed at the Cabinet Minister, Noel Dempsey, with one poster in the village of Passage East in County Waterford reading "'Noel Dempsey should be hanged, not Saddam - Fianna Fail Out".[15]

Dardis responded that the government had to act on the scientific advice, and said that "the future of a species that has been central to Irish life has been secured by today's decision".[14]

2007 election

In 2005, Dardis took office as Chairman of the Progressive Democrats Parliamentary Party. He had been expected to stand again in Kikdare South at the 2007 general election, but announced his decision in March 2007. Noting that it would be hard for the party to a win a seat in the three-seat constituency, he said "We had hoped that the most recent electoral boundary changes would result in a fourth seat for Kildare South but this did not happen".[16] He was instead appointed as chair of the party's election campaign.[17] In the election, the PDs lost six of their eight seats in the Dáil.

References

  1. ^ "Mr. John Dardis". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
  2. ^ "Our people: John Dardis". Progressive Democrats website. 5 March 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "School principal to take Dardis's council seat". Kildare Nationalist. 25 September 2003. Retrieved 2008-02-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "John Dardis". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
  5. ^ Lorna Siggins (8 October 2005). "PDs may break with policy on managing wild salmon". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2008-02-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ a b Lorna Siggins and Liam Reid (10 October 2005). "Major shift over salmon policy". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2008-02-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Progressive Democrats Propose Salmon Drift-Net Ban". Progresive Democrats website. 10 October 2050. Retrieved 2008-02-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ Paul Anderson (11 October 2005). "PDs accused of politicking over salmon industry". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2008-02-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  9. ^ "PDs using salmon industry survival as 'political football'". BreakingNews.ie. 1 October 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-16. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. ^ "Drapier: Second-rate FG failing to hold Government to account". The Irish Times. 22 October 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-16. Senator John Dardis, a solid citizen and a keen angler, has played a blinder on this. His quiet demeanour, brought on by fishing one assumes, should not be underestimated. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ^ John Dardis (13 October 2005). "PD policy on drift-netting". The Irish Times letters column. Retrieved 2008-02-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ Stephen Collins (25 October 2006). "Ban on salmon drift-netting expected soon". The Irish Times. p. 1. Retrieved 2008-02-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  13. ^ Brian Dowling and Treacy Hogan (2 November 2006). "Dempsey stands by decision to ban salmon drift net fishing". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 2008-02-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ a b Eoin Burke-Kennedy (1 November 2006). "Fishermen warn of backlash over netting ban". Ireland.com. Retrieved 2008-02-16. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ Dara deFaoite (9 November 2006). "Hang marine minister, insist outraged salmon fishermen". The Irish Independent. Retrieved 2008-02-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  16. ^ "Dardis not to contest General Election". The Irish Times. 5 March 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ^ "Senator John Dardis to chair PDs' election campaign". Progressive Democrats website. 5 March 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-16. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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