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
Sarah O'Reilly (Aontú)
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I thank the witnesses for coming in today. My first question is for Mr. Lynch. I want to pick up on his statement about sole from areas 7f and 7g. The advice for 2026 was for a 14% reduction. Mr. Lynch stated that the advice was far removed from the reality being experienced by fishers on the ground. The ISEFPO has serious concerns about this advice and the uptake in 2025, where the Irish quota was exhausted before the end of May. Will Mr. Lynch expand on this?