Seanad debates
Wednesday, 22 March 2006
Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Committee Stage.
To put this matter in perspective, it seems that farmers may face six months in prison if they do not comply with the nitrates directive, a parallel I used previously. What process must the farmer go through? Must the farmer stop farming during the trial period, as it were, in which it will be determined whether he or she complied with the directive? The answer is "No" but fishermen who may be innocent must stop fishing.
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