Mr. Paul Kavanagh:

The figure for repair costs was €60,000 back in 2008. The figure was €80,000 in 2010 but the figure is now rising. Last year's repair estimate from O'Connor and Sons was €700,000. The weir is getting worse but IFI does not want to repair it. It wants a brand new, super duper fish pass built but local fishermen disagree. I am not a fisherman. Mr. Lawton is a fisherman. The local fishermen tell me that the fish will not go up this new fish pass. One cannot force salmon up a new fish pass.