Mr. Sean Ó Mocháin:

There seems to be a suggestion that there would be a difficulty in guaranteeing supply without a commercial licence. Consider the situation the other way around in EU terms. If people are prepared to pay the right price for the product, they will get it. Giving a licence to a processing company is not required. Rather, give licences to the individuals harvesting the seaweed, allow them to sell it to anyone they want and let competition decide who gets it. This is how the EU works and is how this process should work. It is a simple system.