Pat Gallagher (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I suppose we can ask the local authorities in the maritime counties. I can only speak for Donegal. We have a marine engineer who happens to be from the island and then he was promoted and there is another engineer now.

It is not all about the local authorities funding this. Roinn na Gaeltachta can fund projects as well. If the various islands decide on doing an audit on what is required and communicate with their local authorities, we can pursue this with the Minister for social welfare and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Calleary, who is favourably disposed.

Quite a lot has happened on the islands that we are familiar with, even, as recently, the lights in the various ones. Anyway, it is something that we can pursue.

Everybody got an opportunity to contribute. I thank the membership who contributed. I thank Mr. Conneely and Mr. Bonner, and Mr. Early online, for their responses to the questions which have been raised by the members.

Mr. Neily Kavanagh, Ms Muireann Kavanagh and Mr. Martin McBride, who is more familiar with fish-farming than this, did not have an opportunity to speak but I hope that their representatives made a good case on their behalf and that their public representatives responded. We should not leave it here today. We should be available afterwards to help to pursue and to do a follow-up.

That is the end of the contributions. As there are not further matters for discussions, the committee stands adjourned until next Tuesday, 14 October 2025. Go raibh maith agaibh.