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

The Minister is right that it is crab and lobster on the east coast. It is razor clam and whelk, and indeed crab and lobster, right around the coast. The inshore sector is an industry that is struggling. The formation of the producer organisations is welcome. The engagement with the representative organisations is welcome. The Minister and I are both from coastal communities. We are from Inishowen. We are surrounded by mostly inshore fishermen. They were not organised in the past. Now they are organised and speaking for themselves. It would be an important acknowledgment to try to demonstrate that uniting together, organising and having a plan can deliver results for the sector. As I said, whatever can be done, I urge that it be done to get an immediate settling and just to keep the roofs over their heads for now. Then we will try to build it from there.

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