Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

Review of Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Conor McGuinnessConor McGuinness (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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To me, it would be like driving from Dublin to Waterford on the M9 and at every single junction there was a speeding van. That is how it seems to me.

Mr. Murphy represents fishers in the south and west. When he and I spoke previously, we spoke a lot about supertrawlers. Could he outline to me the differences between how Irish fishing boats operating in our waters are treated from a policing and fisheries protection point of view versus the experience that larger vessels from other countries have while fishing in the same waters, or maybe a little further offshore?