23 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources if he will support France should it invoke the Ioannina principle which allows member states to block regulations normally agreed by qualified majority voting if there is a national interest at stake; and his views on whether this course of action should be taken by him in view of the ban on tuna drift net fishing and the impact it will have on the financial livelihood of the fishermen in the southern coastal communities. [16425/98]

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23 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources if he will support France should it invoke the Ioannina principle which allows member states to block regulations normally agreed by qualified majority voting if there is a national interest at stake; and his views on whether this course of action should be taken by him in view of the ban on tuna drift net fishing and the impact it will have on the financial livelihood of the fishermen in the southern coastal communities. [16425/98]

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