Ms Norah Parke:

I thank Deputy Ferris who has probably ascribed a great deal more influence to me than I could ever bring to bear. However, I will do my best. I take his point about fairness. He will probably not believe it but the pelagic fishermen in Killybegs reckon that they have managed the fishery very well also to make it the fishery and source of income to the country that it is. However, we will not argue over it on this occasion. As when I corrected the figures Mr. Murphy was using, I point out that the figures the Deputy was using are not what is going to happen in 2018 and 2019. Those figures are based on an erroneous prediction that had to be corrected. It was erroneous down to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, ICES, advice in 2016.