Mr. John Menarry:

Hopefully we will know more by this evening as we are meeting the Minister of State, Deputy Dooley, at 3 p.m. to discuss this and other matters. On the point that the Irish quota is a national asset as it belongs to the country, it is ministerial policy to privatise it for the chosen few. If the policies change then we can get back access to the fisheries to which we had access previously. It belongs to the people but it is being privatised in this country.