Brendan Kenneally (Fianna Fail)

I fully accept Senator McHugh's bona fides and what he said earlier about his party not wanting to see any way around the law but he will forgive me for thinking a couple of his amendments, including this one, seem to suggest that. This issue is not really about fishermen but about transporters, processors and so on. I have heard of many incidents over the years where lorries have arrived at ports under the cover of darkness when there is nobody around and unloaded fish which are undocumented. There may be some genuine cases but I have never come across any.

I would have thought it was open to people to go to court to argue their point if they believed they were not aware of what was going on. I would not like us to send out a signal that we are, in any way, trying to be soft on these people who are causing the problems in the industry.