Mr. John Menarry:

From what we have been told, they are looking into it again. They have to assess the data again because it has been such a long time since it was introduced. We feel there is a fear now, because of the increased activity from when the ban was introduced, that they could turn around now and say, "There is much more activity there; we cannot implement it." You could have another case where, because of the failed implementation of the policy, the inshore sector suffers even more because of the increased activity because of that failed policy.

On the point about the public consultation on that, I think it received the largest response in the history of the State. There were over 900 responses, which was the most ever. If the Minister can ignore such a public response, not even from a fishing point of view, it shines a poor light on the Department.