Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Mackerel constitutes a very significant stock, including for France, for example. I assure the Deputy that at European level, including at Council level, it is an issue on which we put a lot of emphasis. The challenge is that these are sovereign nations and they are required to come together and agree, and that can be difficult.