Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)

Yes. When the Commission has established that a member state exceeded the fishing opportunities which had been allocated to it, the Commission shall operate deductions from future fishing opportunities of the member state. This must go to the Commission for ratification but it has been made quite clear that this will be its decision. A further 35,000 tonnes were illegally landed by Irish vessels——

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