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

Not all fish landed in Irish ports is landed by Irish boats. One of the things the Department has been anxious to do is facilitate the development of peripheral rural and coastal communities by building our infrastructure through investment. As Deputy Ferris will know, there is an investment programme under way in Dingle and there is also one under way in Castletownbere. There is an ongoing investment programme in Killybegs in Senator Mac Lochlainn's constituency in Donegal. The purpose is to make those ports attractive to ships from other member states rather than having them steam back to their own ports to land and process fishing opportunities.