Mr. Brendan Byrne:

Absolutely. The deal Senator Boyle is talking about probably goes back to 2014, or maybe before that to 2008. That deal was designed by the Danes and other countries to benefit them. Where was Ireland when those deals were being drafted, where the Danes can get access to whitefish stocks off Norway and, in turn, they granted Norway access to blue whiting off Ireland? The Irish were somewhere in that room but they certainly did not raise their voices. Those are the legacy issues destroying this industry. Those are the legacy issues that have left us here today in a very desperate situation trying to save our industry, coastal jobs and coastal communities.

Let no one be under any other impression in this room - we are facing economic Armageddon as has never been witnessed before.