Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

The issue does not have a home, as it were, and the Office of the Ceann Comhairle decided my Department should address it. I hate to deliver bad news but shipping services do not come within the remit of the North-South body and are not one of my responsibilities. I will relay the Deputy's request for a meeting to the Minister for Transport, Deputy Noel Dempsey. I do not wish to raise hopes, however, as I do not believe the North-South body has addressed this type of issue to date.

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