Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of major national and local importance, namely, that drift net fishermen in north-east England were reputedly given £70,000 sterling a number of years ago in a buy-out in the interest of salmon conservation with £110,000 sterling offered as a buy-out to those remaining, but only approximately €2,000 has been offered to our 850 drift net fishermen for a similar buy-out with €23 per salmon caught in the past five years and a quota reduction of 75% already operating in some cases. No provision is made for drift net crews nor was any other option for them considered, such as set-aside. Is this equitable considering the devastating effect for the rest of their lives on those men and their families from rural areas?

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