Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 October 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Aquaculture Licensing Review Process: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
3:30 pm
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Fein)
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According to the Minister's numbers, two thirds, and, according to the industry's numbers, three quarters of the overall sector must wait for a further two years. He does not think what I have read to him needs to be reflected on and that he needs to keep an open mind until he meets their representatives to see what can be done. Will he rely on the same officials who got us into this mess in the first place? Will he rely on their advice or talk to the people who have been failed by the system?