Brendan Daly (Fianna Fail)

I support Senator Coghlan's point about the danger to the oak forests, especially in Killarney National Park, because that dreaded disease is already in the rhododendrons. I support his call that we keep a close watch on that and get some indication from the Minister on how it can be dealt with.

I would welcome a report on the decline of salmon stocks. It would be useful to debate that matter and I support the call for such a debate. It would be naive to believe that the mere banning of drift netting will halt the decline of salmon stocks. That would be a foolish assumption to make because there are other issues that need to be tackled as well, and it is important that we debate them.