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

As the Taoiseach must know, the fishing and seafood industry in Ireland is in serious crisis. In recent days, leaders of the fishing industry have spoken out about their profound concern about how the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, has handled an offer from the Danish Government to transfer thousands of tons of mackerel to the Irish fishing industry. There is also the way the Government is handling negotiations at the moment on access for Iceland into Irish territorial waters. We have an industry in crisis. We need a Government fighting for the industry's future in Europe. Will the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, urgently come before the Dáil and make a statement clarifying his handling of both the Danish Government's offer and access for Iceland to Irish territorial waters?

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