David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)

Question 108: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 12 March 2009, the progress he has made in the drafting of the Inland Fisheries Sector Bill; if he is on target to have the new fisheries authority operational by the end of 2009; the number of submissions he has received since the publication of the draft heads of Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18658/09]

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