Ms Teresa Morrissey:

Ireland's implementation of the regulation has tied us up in knots. It is Ireland's interpretation of the habitats directive, the marine strategy framework directive, the marine spatial planning directive as I mentioned earlier. As Ms McManus stated, numerous directives did not exist when the majority of licences were first issued, which the majority of the finfish sector still operate under, and Ireland's interpretation and implementation of those directives has tied us up in knots.