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

That goes on all of the time on the broader policy decisions. That is why we have a new Common Fisheries Policy. What the policy does is to try to ensure that the quotas allocated to member states are what is caught. That is the reason we are dealing with discards as we are and the reason we have a new regional decision making process, which is about policy and examining better methods for implementation. Once those policy decisions are taken the implementation responsibilities are with the SFPA. However, if it is not working we must change it.