Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Offaly, Fine Gael)
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I thank the Minister and his officials for coming in. I welcome the strong statement from the Minister in regard to his endeavours to achieve a fair and balanced package for the industry in his negotiations. The figures are very stark when we look at the potential impact on jobs, ports and all of the knock-on impacts. We need to be very aggressive in ensuring we can make the best case for ourselves.

There is information from the IMI and ICES in regard to the impact on stocks of overfishing. I believe we would all agree this is bad news for everybody in terms of smaller catches and the knock-on effect on jobs. I wonder how we would go about rebuilding, protecting and maintaining stock levels so we can ensure there are enough fish in the sea to make sure the industry is protected.