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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: What has the Commission's response been?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: If the Minister has been advocating to the Commission that it should be taking other steps, the Commission has accepted that argument and that is its position on that. Whose actual decision is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: They have already accepted the argument.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: They have already accepted the argument.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: That it is unsustainable and that something has to happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: So-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I would hope that next year would be better.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Does the Commission hope that next year will be better as well or does the Commission think next year-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: In regard to mackerel in Norwegian waters, the Minister accepts the Danish position on the exchange quota they have. What exactly does that mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: The Danish position on the quota for mackerel in-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: It is good that we are fighting for something at that level.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: That is very important. On bluefin tuna, the Minister said the British have a quota for bluefin tuna now because of Brexit and stuff like that and that gives an equality for Ireland, as regards the EU. Is that argument accepted by the Commission or the EU?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: When can we expect to see a resolution or an outcome to this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: As for the decommissioning proposal, does the Minister see the current proposal of 64 vessels as being adequate and the end of the decommissioning?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Okay. Mr. Rihan said in his response that the fishing groups looked for decommissioning. Is that his view, that it was totally in agreement with the fishing groups and that this is what they want?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I do not know if it was unanimously agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: Is that response from the taskforce what the Minister bases that the fisheries groups are all on board with the decommissioning on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I have a final question. One of my last questions was about the taskforce report and the review of the Common Fisheries Policy. Does the Minister think the taskforce report is strong enough and will put him in a good position as regards to negotiating a position on the Common Fisheries Policy review?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas and Decommissioning: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: I have a few questions although many have been dealt with. Could I ask Mr. O'Donoghue about the science for the horse mackerel and what the problems are and how he sees those being resolved? Ireland is not looking for sanctions for any of the Norwegian stuff. What is view on that? Can I ask Mr. Lynch about the quota balancing of the Brexit impacts and so on and the unutilised quota...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Quotas and Decommissioning: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Thomas Pringle: What agreements are currently in place between Ireland and France on excess stock and such matters as the witnesses have outlined?