Vote on fishing quotas
O’Donovan presses his amendment seeking an urgent debate with the Agriculture Minister on the decline of fishing caused by quota reductions.
Senator Denis O'Donovan has proposed an amendment to the Order of Business: "That a debate with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the decline and decimation of the fishing industry, due to the reduction in quotas, be taken today." Is the amendment being pressed?
Comment on this
In view of the fact that on Christmas morning the aristocrats in Ireland will be eating Irish prawn starters caught by French fishermen, I think I will have to put this to a vote.
Comment on this
Question put: "That the Order of Business be agreed to."
Do you agree with this result?