Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council: Discussion
5:30 pm
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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It is the Minister's assessment that about 100 jobs will be lost due to this loss of quota. The industry would say the impact will be a loss of approximately €10 million. The Minister knows about the crisis in fish production across the State. Would he be willing to make a case for the Hague preferences to be deployed to reduce the impact Ireland will face as a result of the changes in respect of mackerel?