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
Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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That is my question. Is there an opportunity for a legal challenge against those European decisions? Europe has not paid attention to fisheries concerns in Ireland for many decades.
We are a very small player politically, although we are a large player from a resource perspective. At what stage is it going to require holding Europe to account for managing its seas and fisheries? What are the other tools? Ireland try to negotiate or look for fairness but it has not worked before, so at what stage does it need to be wrapped up?