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Fianna Fail’s ‘Next Steps’ have seen a 31% rise in unemployment-Joe McHugh

category donegal | miscellaneous | press release author Thursday June 12, 2008 12:27author by Junoauthor email enda84mac at yahoo dot com Report this post to the editors

Time to take coastal communities seriously

Fine Gael's Joe McHugh says that it is time the Government addressed the decline of coastal communities.

Donegal North East Fine Gael TD Joe McHugh says that Fianna Fail’s election promise of ‘taking the next steps’ has resulted in a 31% increase in unemployment in just one year. He insists that the government must address issues relating to coastal communities, who are being wiped out by this government.

“The fishing industry has been in decline in recent years, but the effects were covered up by the rise in the construction sector. Now, as that falters, we are beginning to see the extent of the damage caused to our coastal communities.”

“The Inishowen peninsula has seen a 40% increase in unemployment since last May. Many villages in Inishowen were once proud fishing communities, but the Fianna Fail government have presided over the decimation of these communities.”

“As a member of the Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Committee, I am currently carrying out a report, entitled, ‘Diversification of the Inland Fisheries Industry in our Communities’. I will be calling on the government to implement the recommendations from this report; in the same way I am still calling on the government to implement a training programme to re-train fishermen for the merchant navy.”

“There is a serious problem with the dumping of fish at sea, due to unworkable quotas, therefore, the government must re-negotiate quotas and more importantly, reinstate the Department of the Marine. The criminalisation of fishermen must be addressed and I will be calling on the cabinet to encourage diversification within the industry.”

The Deputy concluded, “We have 201756 people unemployed in this country. We now know what Fianna Fail’s ‘next steps’ were, and it is clear that the electorate were duped by a party lacking in vision, motivation and accountability.”

author by Patricia McCaffertypublication date Fri Jul 11, 2008 04:58author email pmccdesign at yahoo dot ieauthor address author phone Report this post to the editors

Seen the RTE news yesterday (10th July08) and how distressing it is for Irish Fishermen to dump part of their catch overboard, due to quotas. Politicians are only now looking as to how the shambles of the 1973 EEC agreement is destroying Irish Fishing livelihoods.

Now inland local fishermen will be run from local Irish lakes and rivers in the interest of "Tourism". When will politicians learn that if local people are continually pushed aside that the tide will turn on the Political Party in government?

Hopefully the Government will implement your findings before it is too late and more local and National Rights are given away.

 
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