Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
That is fair enough and I appreciate that. Perhaps, if we cannot get the answer today, it could be sent on to committee members. To be clear, I am asking about Britain and the Common Fisheries Policy, before they left the European Union. Did the system they have in place refer to the balance of probabilities? They have a similar legal system to Ireland so I make a comparison. I want to know if there is anywhere in the European Union now, or had Britain implemented it before, where on the balance of probabilities is specified, rather than beyond reasonable doubt? That is the big issue. Fishermen see that as being treated differently from every other citizen.
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