Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach will know very well the severe impact of Brexit and the trade and co-operation agreement between Britain and the European Union on our fishing communities and the significant loss of income that will now lead to a further major decommissioning of fishing vessels in Ireland. How on earth can we justify the approach of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, referring to European Union directives in asking the masters of fishing vessels to turn blue whiting for human consumption in markets not just in west Africa but also Ukraine, into fishmeal to feed salmon? This is an affordable form of protein and nutrition and it is processed in factories in Killybegs, which creates jobs. The Taoiseach is aware of this. Deputy Doherty has brought this to his attention, yet it still goes on. In recent days, 100,000 tonnes were turned into fishmeal. I ask the Taoiseach, along with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine, to intervene urgently with the European authorities to get this sorted out. This is not a European issue; it is an Irish issue.

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