Just before the election I spoke here on a related matter – flags of convenience and unsafe ships. We saw what happened this week with the break-up of the Prestige on the Iberian coastline. Those of us who know people living around the coast will say it is almost impossible to find out who owns a boat. It is bought in one place, registered in another, fishing elsewhere and the crew could be from anywhere. People talk about the fishing industry they knew in Kilmore, Killybegs, Dingle or wherever where they knew who owned the boat. The Rossbawn was Paddy Bawn's, the Elsie Mabel was somebody else's and so on. We knew all the boats and all the families. The boats and their names went from family to family. That day is gone and there is not the same control any more. This is a European industry and there is a need for European legislation. In the main we need to be supportive of European rules because their approach is correct.