Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The advice I received from the fishing representatives and the sea fisheries task force was that was the level we should go for. The subscriptions and applications we have received have been fully subscribed to the level we sought. Based on the assessment from the sea fisheries task force it is adequate but it remains to be seen if everyone will follow through on their applications. It is not an easy decision for those who decide to do it. It is their livelihood but for those that remain in the fleet, they will be economically stronger because the quota that is freed up from the boats that decommission will be reallocated to the existing fleet, so they therefore have more fish to fish than they would have otherwise had. It remains to be seen and perhaps Mr. Rihan has more insight into this.