Johnny Mythen (Wexford, Sinn Fein)
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To focus on the salmon, the problem with most of the things the Minister mentioned is that they are seasonal. If you miss a season, you cannot go back again. That is a major issue here, which is what we really want to get across. It is the speed of the thing that is going to matter. We cannot reiterate enough how it is on its knees. I suspect, as Deputy Mac Lochlainn has mentioned, that a lot of the 642 boats are for sale. These people have nowhere to go. They only have a boat. That is all they have and they have to sell it. We cannot emphasise enough the severity of the situation they are in. The Minister should please speed up the whole thing, because it is also a national asset. Our quotas are a national asset. I thank the Minister.