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Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I did indicate when I first met all the interest groups that we would come back with a plan or a way to move forward. My intention is to appoint an independent facilitator to work with the sector, paid for by the Department and the Government, to try to identify those issues that can be resolved. There are some issues that are outside of our control. People will reflect on them but they...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: Mr. Kieran Mulvey, who is well known in this room-----

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Deputy, who has vast experience in this area and, like many others on the committee, has been of significant help to me. I come from a small farming background. Fishing is not necessarily my bailiwick but I am learning fast because of the expertise of others around this table across all parties. I thank them for that. I will finish my point to Deputy Mac Lochlainn, which...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Senator. I note his point on lobbying. From a Government perspective, as he knows, we have a fishing attaché and some consular people at the permanent representation in Brussels. We are well facilitated in terms of engagement. However, I take his point on the lobbying effort, which generally does not fall within the remit of the Government. I am happy to look at the...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I will come back afterwards.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Deputy. I also thank him for his ongoing engagement with me since my appointment. I think the number of queries and questions he has submitted is an indication of his connection to the seafood sector and the fishing sector generally, and specifically to the inshore fishermen, whom I know are important. I had the opportunity to visit with the Deputy and meet with representatives...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Deputy. In terms of the reset agreement, for want of a better word, it gives certainty to the sector regarding what the operators have and their investment strategy. We were facing a potential further loss of quota and it having to be addressed on a multi-annual basis. That would not assist operators in the sector in financing their projects or businesses over the years ahead....

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: The Chairperson's two specific questions are around what can we do now based on a recognition of the difficulties this sector faces at European level. The first level of engagement, having met the Commissioner and then having had him come and meet the industry, was a really positive first step. The fact that it is central in his mind as to the impact it has and continues to have is part of...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: On the changes concerning the so-called inside six, different terms are used such as the "inside six", "sprat fishing" or "pair trawling". In 2019, the then Government adopted a policy position that was challenged in the courts on a highly technical point. The position fell against the Government on that very technical point. In 2024, the Government restarted the consultation process,...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: To save Deputy Cahill, perhaps I could answer the questions that I did not answer earlier. I will save him the time and answer them for him.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Deputy.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: Deputy Cahill mentioned pair trawling was mentioned. I have addressed the issue a number of times and he was present for that. Ireland does not have a quota for bluefin tuna because for historical reasons, we did not have the species in our waters. A number of people mentioned the issue when we met the Commissioner. Interestingly, it seems to have stuck in his mind because he mentioned...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: There are a number of other Ministers who are interested. In fact, it is an issue in terms of getting my delegated responsibilities between the two Departments. I mean one might impact on the other because of the capacity to review decisions that are taken by me, on the one hand, and the potential implications that that might have. We will certainly look at that and see if there is a...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Senator very much. The understanding of the migratory flows and patterns of certain species in our waters is handled in the first instance by the Marine Institute, which falls under the remit of the Department in the area for which I have responsibility. I visited the institute recently and I am in regular contact with it. The Marine Institute is an outstanding operation and it...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Extension of EU-UK Trade Agreement and Implications for the Irish Fishing and Seafood Industry: Discussion (12 Jun 2025)

Timmy Dooley: The first question was on why Ireland ratified the renegotiated TCA. The decision taken on Brexit was a decision of the European Union. All discussions around the exit of Britain from the European Union were handled by the Commission. Obviously, we are a contributing party and our views and aspirations are taken into account, but only taken into account. Commissioner Šefovi...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fisheries Protection (20 May 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. He will be aware of the engagement I have had with the industry in recent weeks and my commitment to continued engagement with him on the issue. I am looking forward to an opportunity for the committee to address various matters that arise, and I intend to work with the Deputy on that. I will put a few facts on the record first. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fisheries Protection (20 May 2025)

Timmy Dooley: The principal objective of the review, which was carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers, was to contribute to the ongoing and future development of the organisation. The areas covered by the review were the organisational capabilities of the SFPA to deliver on its mission for the effective and fair regulation - and I emphasise fair regulation - of the sea-fishing and seafood sectors that fall...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fisheries Protection (20 May 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Deputy for his intervention. He is raising concerns and issues that have been shared with him and with me. I met the SFPA. The people I met and the various sections of the organisation are fulfilling their mandate to the best of their ability. We have to recognise that the authority's role is prescribed in legislation. We are precluded from involving ourselves directly in any...

Information on Repairability of Certain Products Bill 2024: Second Stage (15 May 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I appreciate the need for progressing legislation in this area. I thank the speakers who have contributed. We are all at one in terms of its importance and we all share the same objective here. There is a significant recognition of that, particularly on planned obsolesce which all the Deputies have identified, and it is something we need to address. Developments at EU level are already...

Information on Repairability of Certain Products Bill 2024: Second Stage (15 May 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I, too, thank the Deputies for the imaginative legislation they have tabled. The Government recognises the importance of progressing legislation in respect of the right to repair and information on the repairability of certain products. The Deputies have outlined many examples I am well familiar with, in the sense that, when I started out in life, white goods lasted a greater length of time...