Manus Boyle (Fine Gael)
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In fairness, Chair, it is one of the ideas I floated here, that maybe this committee should go out to Europe and talk to MEPs. I know we cannot make a decision here today but it is something that needs to be put on the agenda. This is far too important. We cannot stand back. What has happened for the last 20 years is that the Irish stood back and everybody else took our fish. Now, our communities are being decimated because of it.

I have one other point, although my time is running out. It is on zonal attachment. Can Ireland invoke a zonal attachment? We have 85% of the waters. Can we invoke it in Europe?