Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 June 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)

3:00 pm

Mr. Gerard Kelly:

With regard to what was said about the Molville district, we need an allocation of mussel seed in order to be able to run our businesses, but we are told that something is happening in the Supreme Court case that stops the allocation. I cannot understand what it is, but somehow or other, according to the Department, my legal position has changed. I must wait and see what will happen, but we have been waiting for years to try to get this right. It will mean a loss of jobs and business in our area.

I shall move on to the goodwill the Minster thinks he can buy in giving the UK boats access to areas within zero and 6 nautical miles. He will not be at the Brexit negotiating table. He will not even be in the room and will be depending on the European Union to negotiate in that regard. Any goodwill he can buy for the European Union in sacrificing the inshore fishery area will be used by the EU 27, which is a poor deal.

Will the Senator, please, repeat his other question?

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