Ms Anna O'Sullivan:

No. The only third-country vessels that can fish in Irish or any other EU waters are those from countries that have an agreement with the EU to do so, and only within the terms of that agreement. The UK can fish in the Irish EEZ because that is allowed for under the trade and co-operation agreement, which provides for the retention of reciprocal access. Norway can fish for a specified amount of blue whiting in a specified area. It is essentially in the outer part of the Irish EEZ. That is what was agreed in the bilateral EU-Norway negotiation. No other country has an agreement with the EU to fish in the Irish part of EU waters.