Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
Island Fisheries Issues: Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation
2:00 am
Mr. Enda Conneely:
Small-scale processing is going on, but that leads us onto the next issue that we have, which is the infrastructure on the island's piers and harbours. We do not have electricity, water or waste collection so you are going to get caught in that. We have started a few pilots for low-level processing, but the amount of paperwork and expense to do with that makes it difficult to run without having these facilities on the piers. Mr. Bonner will be more aware of this, but the new energy transition partnership is decarbonising fleets. A lot of things are moving towards electrical carry-on, but we cannot even have safety lights on some of the harbours. Infrastructure needs to be brought into the area. In the UK, Spain or France, even tiny little harbours have all the facilities they need.
Boats often come in there to sell directly to people.
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