Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter, namely, the claim that illegal undersized mesh for gill nets, which were seized and put into storage over the past three years under a third party by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority have recently been sold back to Spanish trawlers, some of whom may have had them seized from them in the first instance; and that very little action is being taken against non-Irish vessels which are flouting the law in this regard, in comparison to the attention focussed by the SFPA and neighbouring vessels on Irish boats, despite the fact most of the vessels operating in Irish waters are from other EU countries and most illegal fishing is carried out by boats from these states.

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