I listened with interest to the Taoiseach's response earlier in regard to the Common Fisheries Policy, CFP, and the Government's attitude towards the review of the policy that is coming up in the next year or so. He said he wanted to reset the relationship with Europe in respect of the review of the CFP. How is he actually going to reset that relationship? I believe, and the truth of it can be seen, that Europe stole access to fishing from us as we were negotiating to join the European Union. Is that the relationship the Taoiseach plans to reset, or is he going to go cap in hand to reset the relationship by saying, "Sorry, we were not bold boys and we did not do anything wrong." I wonder which relationship the Taoiseach is going to reset when he goes there.

It is a relationship that we, as a country, have to rethink in terms of the European Union. Deputies would have complained about the penalty points. Europe has held back €25 million from our seafood funding. I am making the point that it has held it back because we are the last country to sign up to basic frameworks.

It got more than €100 million from us.

We cannot just keep going on the attack-----

Yes, we can.

-----without more constructive and, in my view, strategic thinking around how we position the Irish fishing industry for the future. That is my point and it is why I want an ongoing dialogue with the industry.

We need to acknowledge the past.

We can all stay in our particular positions and keep firing out the same sorts of assertions and so on while not achieving a whole lot. The issue around the control plan is a further example of that. It is easy to blame the Department and the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority. I acknowledge that the authority needs reform and its members know that themselves. However, that in itself will not solve the issues.

The time is up.

We need to discuss the issues with the Deputy and others.