Brendan Kenneally (Fianna Fail)

With regard to the salmon report to which other Members have referred in the House this afternoon, I wish to make it clear that the report is only a recommendation and no decision has been made as yet. I have no problem supporting the call for a discussion in this House on the subject. However, other reports have been prepared on the topic, including one by the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. I hope the final Government decision will involve a meshing together of the recommendations in those two reports. I wish to make it clear I am not happy with what is in this report, but there will be much discussion before the final decision is made.

Many contributors have raised the matter of road safety. A person in my constituency is developing on his own land a simulated driving instruction area. He is installing roads, roundabouts, traffic lights and everything that could possibly be met on the roads to train people to drive properly. He is not being funded to do this, and the Government should consider this and support that type of enterprise.