Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

The Minister of State referred to the proposed new section 53B, which relates to Carlingford Lough and the southern side of Lough Foyle, which is in Northern Ireland. Is there not a discrepancy between the licences, in the sense that the operators on the Southern side of Lough Foyle are being treated differently to the operators on the Northern side of the lough and the operators on both sides of Carlingford Lough? While the implementation plan sounds fair and interesting, was it not possible to include a reference to it somewhere in the Bill, for example in one of the Schedules?

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