David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)

Other countries across the EU may be allowed to extend state aid and it would be very wrong and unfair if Irish fishermen were discommoded by not receiving such aid. The Minister should put his response on the record tonight.

A fisherman told me this evening that some of the larger boats here can catch between €3,000 and €4,000 worth of cod throughout the week, which they must dump. There is something very wrong there. At a time when parts of the world are starving, food is being dumped at sea. This is an important issue which has been mentioned to me by fishermen. I ask the Minister to consider how this might be addressed. There is something immoral about dumping perfectly good food into the water.

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