Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)

It strikes me that when we look at the fishing industry and people at sea, there is concern about how the SFPA implements Common Fisheries Policy law, yet Article 17 does not seem to have any effect in Ireland. In terms of north-west herring and mackerel, quota management and all of the apparatus through which fishermen are supposed to engage, the witnesses have outlined their concerns about this for a long time. What is the new Minister of State, Deputy Dooley, telling them? Does he intend to bring in an independent chair? Does he intend to try to make the system work? What is their sense of it? Is there a role for the committee in seeking clarification on how all of this works?