Tim Lombard (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the huge issue of the breakdown in the shellfish market in particular, can fishers diversify into other markets? Traditionally, there was access to mackerel previously. If there was more access to mackerel would the boats have the opportunity to fill a potential quota there, like in 2021 or 2022 when there was significant access and boats made a significant volume of landings? Will the witnesses explain to us what happened then and what were the volumes of landings?