Mr. Denis Maher:

To clarify, I have a full history of all of this here beside me. The most important thing at the time the sale was mooted and then approved by the then Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was the retention of the fishery for all of the population and for research purposes. It is the national salmonid, that is, salmon and trout index for the whole country. It has a research station on it. It assists our reporting internationally with data. The most important thing was that we retained the fishery and not some fishing lodge. It was said earlier that the house was given to the State by the Brabourne family but it was actually sold. That is an important distinction.

When the feasibility study comes forward, I know that we are due to get a presentation on it because the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform circular also requires me or somebody in the Department to get sanction for a change of use. Nothing will happen without that.