Jennifer Murnane O'Connor (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to appoint additional full-time fisheries attaché to the Irish Permanent Representation to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57698/22]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine currently has a full-time attaché assigned to fisheries policy in Ireland's Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels, where the Department's team is led by our Agriculture and Fisheries Counsellor.

The Department's attaché network, including the Permanent Representation team, is reviewed regularly. At present there no plans to expand the team in Brussels. However, I assure the Deputy that the demands of servicing the EU policy agenda, including fisheries policy, are under continuous review, including in the context of Ireland's next Presidency of the EU, which will take place in 2026.