Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for the clarification that the report is to be published at the end of the second quarter. The other plan ran out two and a half years ago and the Minister has still not given me an explanation for the delay in publishing this plan. It is very difficult to follow it. I took a particular interest in seaweed when I came in here, as did my colleagues, and a motion was passed by the majority of the Dáil which recognised the absence of a sustainable policy for the seaweed industry. That was 2018 and we are now in 2023. I have all of this information before me and I am desperately trying to get my head around reports. The plan has not been published yet and the Minister is now saying it will be published at the end of the second quarter. Then we have a plan from Bord Iascaigh Mhara, BIM, that was published in May. It refers to the national plan that has not been published yet. It is a little bit bewildering for me, even though I am well able to read and get my head around it, but I have not been able to gather where we are going with this. I get very worried about the ongoing model of development based on profit, but that is an argument for another day.

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