Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The decision of the British Government to withdraw from the London Fisheries Convention has been raised. I urge the Acting Leader to invite the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to the Seanad as soon as possible to address this matter of immense importance to our fishing community around the coast. Some 100,000 tonnes are caught in those waters by our fleet every year, so it is an extremely serious issue. One component of it that has not been raised yet is Lough Foyle. British Governments claim the entire area of Lough Foyle which is beside the Inishowen Peninsula, where I am from. The current Secretary of State, Mr. James Brokenshire, made a clear statement that his government claims Lough Foyle in its entirety. That is an arrogant and repugnant statement and our Government needs to do more about it.