Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

For the information of the committee, following the receipt of scientific evidence two or three years ago the Nore and the Barrow were opened after being closed for seven or eight years. It was permitted to catch a couple of hundred fish a year for two years. When the fish levels reduced again, the rivers were closed once more. It all depends on the scientific evidence.