Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara

2:00 am

Ms Caroline Bocquel:

I thank the Deputy. I will respond to those two questions in terms of what efforts are being made to support the sector. I will ask my colleague, Mr. Donnelly, to briefly respond to that because we are providing a wide range of services, while noting also the cyclical nature of the sector. As the Deputy said, many years ago there would have been other species caught and now it is mackerel. It is our job in BIM to ensure that we are keeping abreast of that and finding those opportunities for the sector. Mr. Donnelly will speak briefly to some of the projects.