Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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1709.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the national fishing fleet quota in the years 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023, respectively; the projected quota for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33000/24]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The annual Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and Quota Regulations, which are adopted by Council and set out each Member States' quotas for a range of fish stocks, are available on the European Commission's website from the following link: Fishing quotas - European Commission (europa.eu)

The initial amounts of quotas set out in the regulations can change during the year due to carryover of unused quota from the previous year and swaps of quota to and from other Member States and the UK.

The projected amount of fish quotas for Ireland for 2024 is approximately 176,000 tonnes.

I have asked my department to tabulate the total figures for the years requested by the Deputy, taking into account changes to the initial quota amounts as referred to above, and forward to the Deputy.

Annual quota negotiations at EU level are informed, inter alia, by the relevant scientific advice on fish stocks. TACs are shared between EU countries in the form of national quotas. For each stock a different allocation percentage per EU country is applied for the sharing out of the quotas. This fixed percentage is known as the relative stability key. Any change to the existing system of quota allocations would require a majority of Member States to agree under the qualified majority voting system.