I propose to take Questions Nos. 822 to 825, inclusive, 829 and 830 together.
The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) Regulation (Regulation EU 380/2013) provides that the European Commission will report to the European Parliament and the Council on the functioning of the CFP by the end of 2022.
On 17 December 2021, the European Commission launched an online questionnaire as part of its public consultation on the preparation of this report. The questionnaire has been circulated to Member States and the Advisory Councils and is also publically available so that all stakeholders and members of the public may contribute.
The Commission has indicated that the responses to the questionnaires will provide the basis for the second step in the process, which entails more in-depth discussions at regional level beginning in April.
The Commission intends to close its consultation process with a stakeholder event before the summer of 2022.
I am finalising arrangements for setting up a Review Group of relevant key stakeholders to produce a report to inform Ireland's position during the course of the review. I hope to announce the group in the coming days. This stakeholders' forum will have access to the scientific advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), which is published on the ICES website. In addition, the services of the Marine Institute and BIM will be available to the stakeholders' forum, in order to provide the necessary scientific and technical support.