Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)

There is a lot of talk about countries here but my issue is that major corporations are involved in industrial scale fishing and reckless practices that ignore science and that may well destroy a precious, shared resource that spawns off the Irish coast and works its way up to the north Atlantic. This is clearly reckless and clearly in defiance of the science, and there are no repercussions. My understanding is that the European Commission separates this out. The Commission fails to have any actions taken against the offending corporations and countries. The corporations with investments are in all of these countries. They are making huge profits and are actually based in the European Union. We need to talk about these corporations that are making huge profits and are involved in reckless practices. Not only is the Commission failing to hold those accountable or take action against them, but these companies are also being given access, through a separate process, to European waters to fish for the likes of blue whiting. Apparently the European Commission separates these two things out and says there is no connection. Will Mr. Rihan take us through that for the people listening in today?