Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 June 2025

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Cormac Burke:

In response, the Chairman has used the same word I was going to use. The results of the survey do not surprise any of us. The biggest thing to come across is the feeling of disillusionment among the people in the industry. The reason I say it is no surprise is the fact that we have had 20 years of BIM fantasy reports that have been dressed up to fool the public but the people in the industry know they are not true. Next, things have reached the stage where people say that the Department is not working for the industry. Finally, we have the SFPA. The poor relationship with those three organisations reflects back. The fisherman on the pier who deals with these semi-State bodies has nothing else to presume only that the Government does not care about him because it is paying these people who are not working for his industry. That is the short answer.

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