Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 September 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Atypical Work Permit Scheme: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 pm

Mr. Francis O'Donnell:

No. We have plenty of people from the EU working on Irish fishing vessels, and Irish crew also. Not all our fisheries are fished unsustainably. In fact, that whole story has been reversed. Some of our fisheries are quite lucrative and some are quite strong. In some cases, we have crew members earning €40,000 to €60,000 per year, I am sure. This is a good average wage. That would not be the case on some other vessels because of fishing opportunities. There are various reasons, parameters and drivers that result in some vessels not having the same opportunities.

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