An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2026-03-03
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Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (SF), Donegal

They are not agreed.
When will the Taoiseach stand up for our fishing communities in Europe? He knows we are in an unprecedented crisis. There is a 70% cut in mackerel and 41% in blue whiting, primarily because of actions of countries like Norway which recklessly overfished. In recent days, Norway was granted 50,000 tonnes of blue whiting access in Irish waters and the Irish Government abstained. It did not stand up and confront what is going on here.

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