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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Would either of the other witnesses like to add to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I have a question for Mr. Lynch in relation to his conclusions wherein it is specified that one thing that could be done is a review of the minimum conservation reference size for demersal fish. Could he go through that a little bit with me?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Obviously, this would not work for all aspects, but there is a question as to whether from a fisheries science perspective we are better off leaving the big fish in because they are the ones that are actually the most fecund; they are the ones that will actually lend to the next generation. Obviously, it depends on the fisheries. It is not going to work with trawling and all the rest, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Okay. It was just interesting that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: There is a sort of inherent knowledge among the more mature fish. There was a collapse in the herring fishery off Iceland because all the large fish were gone and the young fish did not know and they brought them to a completely different fishing ground, which meant the boats were waiting in the wrong area. It is something I might raise with the Marine Institute later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That is my question. Is there an opportunity for a legal challenge against those European decisions? Europe has not paid attention to fisheries concerns in Ireland for many decades. We are a very small player politically, although we are a large player from a resource perspective. At what stage is it going to require holding Europe to account for managing its seas and fisheries? What are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Minister of State may regret saying that. I thank him for coming in. I have a few questions. In the sustainability impact assessment as it relates to biological assessment, it is stated that the short-term trend since 2021 gives rise to a growing concern. Will the Minister of State provide some rationale for that? Is it due to the fact that Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I seek a response on the Marine Institute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It could be down to temperature, tidal changes or something in the physical environment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: That would be very worrying because it would essentially mean that any fishing future is very changeable. At the moment it is very hard to predict.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Our national policies should reflect that and provide supports for the sectors fishing those vulnerable species. It seems very dynamic and the security will not be there. That needs to be translated into policy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It does not necessarily resolve it on a one-for-one basis. Is there potential that if people are not able to fish mackerel, they will fish something else that could potentially encroach on the inshore sector?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Quotas, Common Fisheries Policy and Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Has the Minister of State received legal advice?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulatory Bodies (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the granting of additional powers to the agri-food regulator, in view of its request for enhanced authority to access non-public market data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54969/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason no quota was introduced for boats under 18-metres fishing for sprat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55040/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department does not carry out greenhouse gas emissions modelling specifically in relation to the nitrates derogation, given its potentially huge climate impact; if his Department is not required to do so in order to comply with the provisions of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on his Department's consultation on surgical artificial insemination in greyhounds; when he will publish the outcomes of that consultation; when a decision will be made as to whether this practice will be allowed to continue in light of ethical and welfare concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55041/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 135. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the latest restrictions on sprat fishing were undertaken without consideration of the ICES advice; if he will reconsider it given the recent statement by the Marine Institute stating that, in the absence of any stock data, the ICES advice the precautionary principle should dictate the management of a fishery; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency plans his Department has in place should Ireland's nitrates derogation be rejected by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55038/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action Plan (14 Oct 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: 213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on his Department’s work on the public sector building stock decarbonisation, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Quarter 4 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55477/25]