Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister and congratulate him. I have not been at a meeting since he became Minister so I wish him well. He is doing very well.

On the task force, I hope that we would have representatives of the fisheries, not civil servants or people who would be dictating to the fishermen. It must be the people who are involved in the business, such as the processors and the fishermen themselves, who have a big say in it. What will the task force look at? What will it do? Who will distribute the funding from Europe to the fishermen? Will it come directly from Europe to the fishermen or will it come through the Department?