Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I know the Minister engages with the producer organisations and the relevant representative groups. However, I ask if he will sit down with the four main producer organisations, the Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation, the Irish South and East Fish Producers Organisation, the Irish Fish Producers Organisation, and the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation, his Department's officials and representatives of the Marine Institute to reach agreement as to what the percentage is in this regard. Those organisations produced the stock book for 2020 for me, and it does not make for good reading concerning the most up-to-date figures from 2020-2021. That is where we are at right now. The situation is even worse after Brexit, as the Minister is aware. This is critical because the Minister is about to go into the December Council meeting and this is the year when the quotas are agreed. There was no burden sharing after Brexit and there was no fairness. The Minister must try to rebalance this situation. Will the Minister engage with those producer organisations, try to get an accurate and agreed number and then go and fight for it in Europe?

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