Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

However, we work very closely with the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority and in 2016 alone, we had 1,249 boardings on Irish and foreign vessels by way of protecting our fish stocks in our area of responsibility. I take the Deputy's point. I understand where he is coming from and the sentiments he has expressed but a large part of his question on policy is for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. We work very closely with the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority and I have to say that the new ships are of huge importance in terms of protecting our sea stocks.

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