Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is part of the CFP, but we have opted out of it. If at some stage during the CFP's lifetime a different Minister decided it would be a good thing for Ireland to opt into the ITQs, would that be possible? Have we opted out of it for the duration of the CFP, or could a decision be made in two years' time to opt into it?

Will provision be made in the fisheries and maritime fund for people who have been displaced from the fishing industry, so that they can be retrained for new opportunities in the coastal marine sector? We did not deal with that in the last CFP, so it should be part of the fund. There may be some pressures concerning the technical measures we want to support. It will be important, particularly in the processing sector, where we see ongoing modernisation that is displacing many jobs in Donegal.