Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Conor McGuinnessConor McGuinness (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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Just to clarify, irrespective of whether there is illegality or not, it is about assuring ourselves that everything is hunky-dory on those vessels. Knowing that engagement activity was happening would be a great relief to the Irish fishing industry. It would send a very clear message to our European partners, other member states and third countries that it is not business as usual from Ireland and that Ireland is no longer the soft touch.