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:
It is at the level of where things are. We have been involved with it at the advisory councils and the Iceland negotiations. We take up slightly different positions, particularly on access for Iceland. I believe it now shows that we were right. That is a one-size-fits-all thing. Our requirements are slightly different. The NIFA has slightly different requirements but we tend to work together on most things. We have worked with it on the advisory councils and offshore renewable energy. We tend to have our own stuff on that as well. We are not against anything the alliance does. It is like how we are members of the European Community and we find that it decides what we do and we have very little say in it any more. Sometimes one is as well sticking to one's own needs and trying to get them dealt with. Our needs are very small. The budgets and other things we need are small but they would have a significant influence on things in years to come for everyone on the islands and coastal communities.
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