I have previously raised the issue of the ownership of Lough Foyle. Recently RTE "Prime Time" broadcast an excellent report on what had emerged with oyster farms. There are 30,000 trestles along the shores of Lough Foyle which have no licence and do not require one. It is a Klondike, with no regulation. I appeal to the Government and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to engage with the British Government as soon as possible to resolve the issue of the ownership of Lough Foyle, which is allowing this farce to continue. The statement by Mr. James Brokenshire that the whole of Lough Foyle is within the United Kingdom has not been retracted. I ask for a focus on this issue and the Leader to contact the Minister Foreign Affairs and Trade to make him aware of and ask him to respond to the issues raised in the excellent "Prime Time" report.

A related issue is the concern of fish producers and processors which was articulated this week at the meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Their presentation was stark on the impact of Brexit and the taking into control of what were British waters and which have been shared EU waters for all of these years. The impact it will have on the fishing sector is the most worrying I have seen in any sector of society so far. I ask the Leader to bring the presentation to the attention not only of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine but also the Taoiseach. It will have very serious implications.

As the British are claiming control of Lough Foyle, it is related.

I support the points made about local improvement schemes. There is a huge gap in rural Ireland in the provision of funding. Anyone who knows rural Ireland knows that one needs to have some subsidy towards the cost of maintenance of local roads. Its removal has had a detrimental impact and it needs to be reintroduced at the earliest opportunity.