Mr. Michael Foley:

In 2012, the then Minister, Deputy Coveney, brought in a policy which basically track recorded the herring fishery - the north-west herring and the Celtic Sea herring. I think 35 or 37 boats actually got, as we called it, the golden ticket. The rest of the boats got an allocation. There is a small inshore fishery in Dunmore East called the Dunmore box. It covers the Waterford and Wexford coast. Larger pelagic vessels were not allowed to fish in that box. He allocated 11% in the Dunmore box for the smaller boats, while he gave 85% to the 30-odd larger boats. I think it was even less allocated in the north west. Is that correct?