Feargal Quinn (Independent)

I mention this because we had an interesting discussion at the Joint Committee on European Affairs involving the Marine Institute. Its representative explained to us that the opportunities that we have in Irish waters have not been used sufficiently well. If he had a magic wand, he said he would like to see us avail of those opportunities. Global warming can present us with an opportunity if we do something about it ourselves. We have not met the requirements of the Kyoto Agreement and we must do so, but we should not look at everything as bad news because there are opportunities for us to do something and to gain advantage from that.