Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that response and clarity. I look forward to seeing the make-up of this task force.

There are still other opportunities to redress the unfairness and the imbalance in the deal. The €1 billion Brexit impact fund is a significant opportunity. It is vitally important that the fishing sector gets a fair share of that impact fund.

There have to be opportunities with fishing other species. We mentioned mackerel which has to be looked at again. For other species such as hake, haddock and monk, some EU nations, such as France, are not using their total allowable catches. It is important that we go back to those figures and see where there is wriggle room for the Irish fleet to be able to increase its quota without increasing the overall total allowable catch, because the protection of fish stocks and species is important. Will the Minister give some details on this?

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