Mr. Brendan Gleeson:

First, could I come back on the horses for a moment? I cannot accept that the Department does not take an interest in these things. There are statutory functions assigned to the IHRB - operational functions - and they are explicitly in its preserve under statute. The Department plays a very active role in supporting the work of the IHRB. I described some of that earlier and I am happy to provide a note on it. I accept that in the context of the sea-fisheries harbours it has taken too long to implement some of these recommendations, but the substance of many of them have been implemented. The fisheries harbours management committee does now have terms of reference, minutes are kept and there is a formal reporting arrangement to the management board. I accept, however, that it would be far better if this were done long ago and we were not back here again, but I can provide an assurance that all these things will be done very quickly. The remaining issues will be-----