Mr. Francis O'Donnell:

One comes with the other. The Deputy is correct about that. IFI is examining what that would look like, whether it would be a sanitation certificate for somebody who is moving a boat from one water body to another and so on. As to whether we have the resources internally at the moment to enforce that, the answer probably is "No". However, it is something I need to talk to my own Minister about. We have an internal forum called the national inland fisheries forum. It is a statutory forum. It is bringing forward recommendations along those lines as well. At the moment, for example, there are ten non-native mollusc species in the Shannon. There is absolutely nothing to stop them from being transferred. We do not fully understand the ecological impacts of one, two or three together but ten is very significant. I said this earlier. Lagarosiphon major is a real risk in the context of all water bodies in Ireland. We spend approximately €300,000 a year just to contain it in part of Lough Corrib. If that was to get out of control in Lough Corrib, it could very quickly run to €3 million a year and could get into other water bodies. This is just one species. The biological and ecological implications are significant but the cost to the taxpayer is also significant. It probably goes back to what the Deputy is saying. The resources will cost money, but the consequences if we do not put them in place will be significant.