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
Mr. Brendan Byrne:
Absolutely. The ability is there under Regulation 1026/2012. The Commission has recently increased the powers within that relevant regulation. It is there but it is not being invoked. Other countries also benefit from the mackerel stock, such as the Dutch to a lesser extent. We are sitting passively waiting for the Commission to defend us as a member state.