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

Under Brexit, the British Government and fishermen around the coast of Britain regained 70% of what are now territorial waters. We lost about 15% of the overall value. In areas like pelagic fishing, nephrops and prawns, we were badly walloped. This industry in Ireland is currently being decommissioned. The whitefish sector in Ireland is about a third of what it was 15 years ago. This is the reality of the Irish fishing sector.

We have tolerated a situation whereby we are being excluded from our traditional fishing grounds in Rockall. Up to 30% of the value in somewhere like Greencastle is gone. We have allowed this to happen for two years. There is no basis in international law for this. It is an uninhabited rock. We cannot put a six or 12-mile limit around an uninhabited rock. It is utter nonsense. Why are we tolerating this?

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