Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Had we not been as loose about this licensing system in the past, we would not be under the microscope now, but I have to deal with what I have to deal with as a Minister. Seafood processing has been a good news story. In the last two years we have spent a lot of money helping seafood processing by giving companies grant-aid assistance to upgrade their equipment and so on. That is part of the reason the value of seafood exports has dramatically increased, even though the volume has remained more or less the same.