Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Bill is very unfair in the way matters are being laid out for the fishermen of this country. In his short time acting as Minister with responsibility for agriculture between appointments, the Taoiseach signed a statutory instrument and we now find ourselves facing severe penalties for good, hard-working and honest-to-God fishermen of the Irish waters. As a nation and as politicians in this Dáil we should oppose that every way we can. I certainly will be opposing the Bill.