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

Photo of Pádraig Mac LochlainnPádraig 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?