Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Discussion

2:35 pm

Photo of Trevor Ó ClochartaighTrevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The point Mr. Conneely made about the Wild Atlantic Way is very important. I came across a case recently involving a shellfish producer who has been selling at a stall on the side of the road at a scenic location in Connemara for several years. Now that this location has been officially designated, however, he has been moved on by the local authority engineer for some strange reason. We are looking into that.

The recommendations set out in the report pertain to a number of Departments but most of them are fisheries issues.

However, recommendation No. 18 relates to the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, recommendation No. 22 relates to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and recommendation No. 23 relates to the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for CEDRA. I am not stating that the relevant Ministers, Ministers of State or officials should be invited to come before us but perhaps we could write to them to seek a response.

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