Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)

3:30 pm

Photo of Martin KennyMartin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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Sorry. I thought he was fishing off the island. It was suggested that there were no facilities on the island for larger boats. Mr. Murphy referred to the 1% issue as regards the trading quota. We need to look at this because some people would only need a percentage of the 1%, on account of the amount of fish there is around the island. They might need a little bit more for other species at other times but the 1% is a ballpark figure and not a real figure as such. Mr. Murphy spoke about it being traded. How can it be traded if nobody owns it?