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"Mr President, let me say unequivocally that if there are proven problems of a serious health or environmental nature linked to EU-produced salmon, then the matter must be dealt with seriously and swiftly. However, there must be accurate, reliable and totally independent scientific advice before any such action can be undertaken. It will not surprise the Commission that I am somewhat sceptical, to say the least, in relation to some scientific studies currently doing the rounds and which, I believe, prompted the present crisis. I am not interested in who did the study. I am, however, interested in who paid for the study. I am also interested to know if there are vested interests involved in this work, if there is anyone who stands to gain from this type of so-called scientific research.
For me, the crisis in the salmon sector is not just environmental; the real crisis is that the EU salmon industry, particularly in my constituency of Connaught-Ulster in the west of Ireland, is under serious threat of extinction. The entire Community industry is under threat from cheap imports, or to put it another way, from dumping of farmed salmon from Norway, Chile and the Faroe Islands. It is totally unacceptable to me that a growing number of independent Irish and Scottish producers are going into receivership. If this continues unchecked, there will be no environmental or health issues to resolve because there will be no EU salmon. In recent days, both the Irish and UK Governments made a joint application to the European Commission for new measures to safeguard our salmon-farming industry. The application does not concern the Canadian or the American producers; it concerns the EU producers, starting with Irish producers who are fighting for survival.
In conclusion, I ask the Commission to tell me and the Irish salmon producers, whom I represent, what follow-up or initiative it has taken to date, or intends to take, on the joint Irish-United Kingdom application?"@en1
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