asked the Minister for Fisheries and Forestry if he will indicate details of any new restrictions put on the fishing efforts of member states of the EEC, and Spain, in recent weeks.

No new restrictions on fishing effort have been imposed on EEC fishing vessels in recent weeks.

As regards Spain, the position is that EEC Regulations up to 31 March 1979 effectively restricted Spanish fishing in our waters from 1 October last to an area which at no point is less than 50 miles outside baselines.

The EEC has recently reached agreement with Spain on fishing arrangements in Community waters for the remainder of this year. In so far as Ireland is concerned this basically involves a continuance of existing arrangements with a reduction in licence numbers and catch allocation in our waters.

(Cavan-Monaghan): Arising out of the Minister's reply to the previous question, having regard——

Chair—the previous question.

The Deputy was seeking to ask a supplementary question.

The Minister will not get away with it so easily. Tough luck.