Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, to debate the measures announced yesterday by the EU Commission which will mean the closure of the north-west white fishery, a 15% cut in the prawn quota and up to 25% cuts in other species and to demand that the Government totally rejects this latest attack on the fishing sector at the Brussels meeting in December and refuses to accept any further EU diktats on fishing pending a complete review of management and quota.

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