Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I still have not got to what the Department's view actually is on the scientific advice. Does it have a view? It seems that it does not and that it is just going to wait and see. Maybe we should take on a stronger role. If our fishing organisations and possibly the Marine Institute are taking a view that the scientific advice is wrong, surely the Department must have a view on it as well. That is vitally important in respect of whether this review will be taken on board or will be just another sop that fishermen will have to put up with.

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