Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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There are a number of different schemes came from the taskforce, including the tie-up scheme, the decommissioning scheme, the Brexit processing capital support scheme, and the Brexit blue economy enterprise development scheme. They all came from that taskforce and I have sought to follow through on all of those schemes. No more than myself, I am sure every organisation would be of the view that it would prefer not to decommission and would prefer to source more fish and get more fish. That is absolutely fair. I think we would all share that view. The taskforce recommended decommissioning very clearly, and again no organisation has recommended to its members that they should not consider it. It is a reluctant response from all of us and one that it is regarded as necessary to respond to the post-Brexit situation. We were the first to do it and we have seen other countries launch decommissioning schemes since then to respond to the impact of Brexit on them.