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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: I wish to ask about the industry. Will Mr. Desmond give us a brief outline of where the industry is since last November having effectively been tied up since last November. When does he expect to be actually back on water and making a living? How did fishers survive in the past 12 weeks? Was it fishing assist and that kind of help? As Mr. Menarry mentioned, fishers are small businesses...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: Where is the brown crab market at the moment? Where is that market going forward?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: Will the witnesses explain the lack of data in their industry at the moment. For example, a boat only needs a log book if it is under a certain level. Going forward what changes need to happen at Department level? Number one, we need to collect data so we understand what is happening on the ground. Number two, if there are issues, because that data is collected we can prove there is a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: With regard to the huge issue of the breakdown in the shellfish market in particular, can fishers diversify into other markets? Traditionally, there was access to mackerel previously. If there was more access to mackerel would the boats have the opportunity to fill a potential quota there, like in 2021 or 2022 when there was significant access and boats made a significant volume of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: So around 1,200.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: From January to June the boats managed to land-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: It is a significant issue that fishers could fill their income with that kind of landing. This is kind of what the witnesses have talked about here. It would give them the income to survive because they could diversify, as on that occasion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: Are all the fishers' landings made in Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: Do the fishers have any issues with the actual regulation regarding landing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Crisis in Ireland's Inshore Fishing Industry: Discussion (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: I thank the witnesses. They have clarified many issues. On behalf of the committee I thank them for their contributions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: The witnesses are more than welcome. Before we begin, I draw attention to the fact that witnesses giving evidence within the parliamentary precincts are protected by absolute privilege in respect of the evidence they give to the committee. This means they have a full defence in any defamation action in respect of anything they say at the meeting. However, witnesses are expected not to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: I am sorry for interrupting the Deputy but a vote has been called. Are any of the committee members paired for this vote? Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: Over the last three years, this committee has always worked through votes, through Seanad and Dáil votes, where appropriate. There is a member who is willing to contribute and is not paired, so I suggest that the meeting continues, otherwise we will be here until 12 midnight.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: That is no problem. I apologise to the witnesses for the interruption. Deputy Fitzmaurice has ten minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: I will come back to Deputy Fitzmaurice. The time is up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: I have ten minutes. I will come back to the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: I thank Deputy Fitzmaurice. I can come back to him if I am caught. First of all, I thank Ms McSherry for her presentation. I will start on the proposals in reverse order. On COM (2023) 578, relating to the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, would it be true that we never fish out there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: I was thinking that the last time I was there. That is the first one gone so. On COM (2003) 495, would it be true that we would have limited fishing out there, to say the least?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: I thank Ms McSherry very much. That is two of the three issues put to bed in a very short space of time. Let us be fair, the other proposal is the serious proposal regarding where we are regarding the North Sea, etc. Could Ms McSherry possibly elaborate on that? Of all the three proposals, and I do not know about the first one there, the other ones remain probably where we are. Could...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jan 2024)
Tim Lombard: Yes.