Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his presentation. While I agree with what he has said in that what is there is better than no deal, it is far from desirable from the perspective of the fishing industry.

Some of my points have already been raised. It seems there is a disproportionate reduction in our quota from the European side. Has due regard been given to what were known as The Hague preferences, where preferential treatment was given to UK and Irish quotas and total allowable catches? There does not seem to have been any regard to The Hague preferences here when the loss of quota was being divvied up.

The Irish sector seems to have lost a disproportionate amount of quota. Has that rebalanced the book from the European side? Is our argument here with our colleagues?