Ms Tara McCarthy:

Meetings have occurred already in respect of Brexit. We have been very involved in Brexit at multiple levels, including with the high level implementation group for FoodWise, with which we shared the map referenced by Deputy Mac Lochlainn, and directly with the Minister. We are seeking to ensure that the uniqueness of the challenge facing the industry is taken on board. The map speaks a thousand words. It does not need a huge level of explanation. At other levels, a number of industry liaison groups relating to the wider food issue have been set up and we participate on them. Approximately three meetings of those groups have already taken place. We also attended the Taoiseach's forum on Brexit on Wednesday last. My colleague, Mr. Keatinge, attended that. We are communicating all of the information from the studies we are carrying out to the Department on a regular basis. There is a call out to industry to communicate information to us. Those in the industry gather that information from all over Europe.

We are also looking at media watching to ensure that what is being said in the UK media and so forth by our colleagues is being captured and sent both to our board and our key stakeholders.

With regard to the FLAGs programme and linking it in with Leader, these are very much local groups. They are being established at local level and in some instances Leader groups have applied to be the co-ordinators of our FLAGs. We are seeking to ensure that there is learning from best practice and that when Leader is doing things very well we learn from that as well. However, the fundamental point is that this can be shaped most purposefully by the people who know the seafood industry or know the sector. Whether they are seeking to create new opportunities having left the sector or they are seeking to create new opportunities and jobs in local communities, they are the people who are driving the agenda and strategy in that programme.

Michael Keatinge will respond on Belmullet, small harbours and the safety features.