Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate the Deputy's observations. I said at the outset what I thought was the most critical recommendation, which is to clear the backlog; the report states that also. It states that this is the most critical service we could do for this sector, and that is what we are doing. We are dealing with that. The rest is secondary. Legislation is required in terms of some of it. The Deputy knows the difficulty in getting fisheries legislation through the House.