Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

On Deputy McConalogue's other point about Area 6A haddock, this species is the subject of a bilateral agreement between the EU and Norway. I am not at the table for those negotiations, although Ireland is represented. It is a fait accompliat this stage.

We have raised maximum sustainable yield, MSY, with the Commission. Where we feel the consequences of moving to MSY too early would have a devastating impact on communities dependent on certain fisheries we are indicating clearly to the Commission that we are availing of the maximum possible time delay available in the reformed common fisheries policy, CFP, to acknowledge the difficulty that journey causes the fishing community.

On the issue of uplift in the context of the data we have on the various fisheries, we are examining what we would consider to be the appropriate uplift entitlement and that will form part of the negotiation process with the Commission next Monday and Tuesday. We are doing a cod survey.