Dáil debates
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate
Maritime Jurisdiction
6:35 pm
Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source
Again, I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing this Topical Issue matter. If somebody, God forbid, falls overboard in the seas off Ireland, a helicopter can be deployed and can be there within ten or 15 minutes. Four fishermen were in dread of their lives from a foreign vessel trying to ram them in Irish waters. The Taoiseach ignored a call and emails from Deputy Collins. I saw the paperwork and the telephone files, which the Taoiseach said on public record, on the floor of this House, he did not get. I saw them. If he prefers to do petty things like that rather than dealing with an issue of people's lives, that says it all for me.
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