Mr. Fintan Gorman:

I would not mind, either, but I doubt that the Chairman would allow it.

In terms of the legislation, the Deputy asked if there was any engagement. Yes, there was. Before I was appointed to the board of IFI, I understand we were on the verge of having fisheries legislation updated. However, a problem arose at the time. I understand that Dr. Byrne was invited to a meeting of the committee and he was invited to discuss legislation with the political parties, but a controversy arose about a small facet of the legislation. I understand the legislation was almost ready to go but the particular facet revolved around a contribution by participants in angling to the funding of the upgrade of the system. It was left in abeyance after that and it has not been raised since. I am not really familiar with it but I will ask Dr. Byrne to provide the Deputy with the details of the position with that at the time.

The other question the Deputy asked was about employment. If we get more employees, of course we can do more protection, more development and, hopefully, raise the profile of the organisation. That is without doubt. We would hope that it would be productively used. I will convey the Deputy's compliments to the staff-----