Inshore Fisheries
Dail Éireann — 2021-10-21
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Charlie McConalogue (FF), Donegal

I value the inshore sector; it is important to the communities right along the coast. It has been great to see how they have strengthened in terms of their organisational capacity in recent months and years. I am fully supportive of that. I am aware that there is an application under consideration for PO status. I was glad to be able to award PO status to the Irish Islands Marine Resource Organisation, IIMRO, which represents the islands, a few months ago. That strengthening of the organisation has served the inshore sector very well. I can see that coming through in the meetings I have with the organisation, in the coherence and strength with which it makes representations.
This issue of particular importance to it. There was a lot of merit-----

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Sitting date: 2021-10-21