Niall Blaney (Fianna Fail)

I thank the BIM team for its presentation. I have just one question and it relates to private investment versus public support. I suppose the witnesses would agree that traditionally there was a massive scale of private investment in the fishing sector versus a low level of public support by way of capital grant aid, and I mean that exclusive of the piers, harbours and centres or the sectoral investment. Now, post Brexit, there is a feeling that the funding model will not work, for obvious reasons. Has the Department any plans to make that up? Something will have to happen to make it up; otherwise that same investment in the sector will not be there, and that will be a sad day for the Irish fishing fleet and the sector.