Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

With regard to fisheries, to the best of my knowledge, we were not given any prior notice of the UK Government's notification that it intends to withdraw from the London Fisheries Convention. As I mentioned earlier, it has no immediate effect as withdrawal takes about two years. In reality, it will get tied up with the Brexit negotiations, which of course involve the UK leaving the Common Fisheries Policy as well, should it proceed with Brexit as it plans. Some 35% of the fish we land is taken from UK waters, including some of the most valuable fish such as mackerel and prawn. As I mentioned, I was not aware that we take so much valuable fish from British waters. I had often heard the reverse being spoken about but had not heard so much about what we take from UK waters.

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