Denis O'Donovan (Fianna Fail)

I rarely beg the Cathaoirleach's indulgence on the Order of Business. Let us assume that two vessels with fish dock in Castletownbere, one of which is Spanish and the other of which is Irish. The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority officers can board the Irish vessel and check the quantity of fish and any technical log book regulations but have no power to board a Spanish vessel. This is happening on a daily basis. There is anger about this and irrespective of whether the law is wrong or it is due to a European regulation, it does not make sense that fish——