Pádraic McCormack (Galway West, Fine Gael)

It is only an attempt to pass the Bill without the press, the fishermen and public knowing what the Minister of State is trying to achieve. The Minister of State will have every opportunity to answer any points I have made when he or one of his colleagues is replying at the end of this debate. I challenge him to tell us clearly what is behind his attitude to this Bill. There is no use in his talking out of the corner of his mouth and saying the Minister, Deputy Noel Dempsey, introduced the Bill and that he is not for it at all.

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