Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for the replies. There have been many questions, in fairness, and I appreciate that he got through nearly all of them.

There has been mention of the new Common Agricultural Policy but is there any possibility we might have a new LEADER programme? Over the past couple of years this has been a disaster, to say the least, in comparison with what we had in previous years, when there was a bottom-up and community-led approach. There have been changes in the roll-out and it has been a very weak LEADER to promote.

I respect that we will have no rights as to what will happen in British waters after Brexit but should we not have some rights over our own waters? The worry of the fishing industry, which I share, is that the vessels booted out of British waters will turn to Irish waters. How will we protect our waters when that happens?