Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

In the many meetings that the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, and I have had with individual Members of the Oireachtas and with the Federation of Irish Fishermen, these issues have been raised. Indeed, we have raised them subsequent to our meetings with the fisheries' representative organisation.

Naturally, when the advice of Professor Hogan is received by us from the Oireachtas committee, we will ask the Attorney General, who is the legal adviser to the Government, to give that——

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