Press Release: Minister Connick sets down strong opposition to Ireland transferring fish quotas to Norway to pay for fishing opportunities for other Member States

At the meeting of the Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers in Luxembourg on 26 October 2010, Sean Connick, Irish Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, strongly defended Ireland's position, opposing the transfer of Ireland's fish quotas to Norway to pay for cod and other stocks which do not benefit Ireland.

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