John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay. Can you give the committee some information about patrols on the rivers and the protections involved? I have received many complaints from fisherman and organisations about fish being taken illegally - it is obvious to the protection officers - but there seems to be a complete lack of numbers available to Inland Fisheries Ireland to protect rivers to the extent that it should.