Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

Inshore Fishing: National Inshore Fishermen's Association

2:00 am

Mr. Michael Desmond:

Yes, without a shadow of a doubt. When people contact their local politician about, say, the local pier in their area, they are told it will take three years to get a foreshore licence and to forget about it. It is mind-boggling the time it takes, so people do not bother to do it. That has to be rectified.