Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

I am not sure that would be a principle of law if the territorial claim were conceded. What I can say is that Ireland does not accept the territorial claim and, therefore, from our point of view they are European Union waters. We have a quota for haddock in those waters. It is a significant fishery for squid, for which we do not have a quota as it is a non-quota species. We do not accept the territorial claim and we will continue to reject it. That piece of the jigsaw is prosecuted through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and not by us.