John Dardis (Progressive Democrats)

With friends like that, what would it lead to? We should debate the report. I was struck by something said by the Chairman of the committee, Deputy O'Flynn, this morning. He made the point that the survival of the species was too important an issue for the Irish people, with which I fully agree. There is no disagreement about that. He said it is a very complex issue, with which I also agree. That is why we might well debate it. However, there are aspects of the report with which I do not agree and I would be happy to debate those in greater detail on the floor of the House at a later stage. Deputy O'Flynn also said he did not want the argument to descend into a squabble about who gets to kill the salmon. I differ with him on that; the squabble is about who gets to save them.