Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Every day, in working on behalf of the sector, it is my objective to support it in every way possible. That is what I have been doing and is what I will be doing over the next two months with regard to fishing allocations and maximising fish quotas for next year.

The Deputy mentioned the Act, which I mentioned before, and how the Minister provides general policy guidance to the SFPA but what the Deputy is talking about here is operational. That same Act precludes me from being involved in operational matters. It would be worthwhile for the members of the committee to act in the following way because the Act provides for the committee of the Oireachtas to be the actual oversight mechanism for the SFPA. It would be good for the committee to exercise that capacity to engage with the SFPA directly.