Joe McHugh (Fine Gael)

I ask the Cathaoirleach to indulge me. This year that rate was reduced to 5%. This has resulted in an unavoidable mix of herring and other variations of horse mackerel going into the scad and fishermen are dumping hundreds of tonnes of scad, of which 75% to 80% is dead, into the sea. This is happening as a result of an impractical guideline from the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources sanctioned by the Minister in that Department. It is not workable.