Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 December 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals

Photo of Paul KehoePaul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Many of our fishermen are very unhappy at the moment and it is difficult to explain to them that the Brexit negotiations, while not exactly out of our hands, are happening at a distance. The talks are between the EU and the British Government. What can the Minister say to fishermen now to reassure them that we are doing our absolute best in the context of the Brexit negotiations? Can he assure them, in three or four sentences, that he and the Government are doing their best to get the best possible deal for them?

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