Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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-----but, ultimately, people want to build bigger boats. That is what the Chairman is saying. People want to build bigger boats because they are saying they are safer, and they probably are safer, but on that basis we would be allowing the whitefish capacity to be bought up and used to build bigger boats for the pelagic segment. We do not have more quota in the pelagic segment, so we would be doing it purely for safety reasons. If it were that straightforward, do the members not think we would have at least one principal officer here today supporting it? Anyone who understands the industry here knows that it is not that straightforward.